Prometheus And Io In Greek Mythology

Greeks have been telling mythology stories for centuries. There are plenty of different uses for the many stories told long ago by the Ancient Greeks. However, the major purpose of these stories was to help the Greeks come up with explanations for why things are the way they are. Some examples of Greek mythology doing this is when they used their stories to interpret why a plant is a certain color, where some animals come from, what the stars in the sky represent, etc..
One example of the Greeks wanting to justify where some animals came from through their stories is the story Prometheus and Io. In this story, Zeus is having an affair with a woman named Io and he is trying hard not to get caught by his wife, Hera. “As she caught sight of him he was standing beside a most lovely white heifer--Io

One Greek myth story based on the stars is The Pleiades. This story is about Atlas’ 7 daughters; Electra, Maia, Taygete, Alcyone, Merope, Celaeno, and Sterope. Orion was always chasing after them and they were always running away. Zeus put them in the stars, in an attempt to save them from Orion, “But it was said that even there orion continued his pursuit , always unsuccessful, yet persistent,” (Mythology 439). This story refers to the origin of a particular constellation. It also explains why the stars move across the sky in a specific direction. Another story that helps explain something in the stars is Callisto. In this tail, Zeus sees a wolf lady and he falls in love with her. Hera gets upset and turns her into a bear so her son will kill her, “But Zeus snatched the bear away and placed her among the stars, where she is called Great Bear,” (Mythology 429). This was also used to explain where the, “Great Bear,” constellation came from. These and many other beautiful constellations with really interesting stories can still be seen