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Greek Myths

Dear Rebecca,

I am writing to you today to tell you about a few wonderful myths that I

have read. I feel that they would interest you as much as they did me. I

will give you a brief summary on each so that they will be a little more

familiar to you if you decide to read them at some time in the future.

The first story I read was the tale of Hermes. Born on Mount Cyllene

to his mother Maia, Hermes was an astonishing child. His growth was equally

astonishing for he grew at a rapid rate. Deciding he wanted an adventure,

Hermes set out one day and stole a herd of cows from Apollo, the sun god.

When Apollo discovered the missing herd, he set out to find them but to

no avail. Hearing of a reward offered by Apollo for the recovery of the herd,

Silenus and his satyrs set out as well. Traveling far and wide their journeys

brought them to a small cave, which echoed with the beautiful muffled sounds of

a melody to which they were drawn. When finding out the music was produced by

an instrument made of cow gut and tortoise shell, it was then understood that

young Hermes had taken the herd from Apollo. Formal charges were brought to Mt.

Olympus. Apollo, while going to get his remaining cows discovered Hermes'

musical invention. Intrigued by this astonishing invention he offered his

whole flock for the musical instrument. Hermes agreed, after which he invented

a shepherd's pipe, which also awed Apollo. He offered Hermes his golden staff

in exchange for the pipe but to no avail. In addition to the golden staff

Hermes wanted the knowledge of augury. He felt it was a useful art. Hermes

returned to Mt. Olympus to tell his father, Zeus, of all goings on. Zeus was

very amused. Hermes suggested to Zeus that he be made into a herald. Zeus

complied with this suggestion and showered Hermes with gifts.

Sounds like an interesting tale, doesn't it. Well it is much better if

you read it yourself. The next tale I read was of Krishna. This one story

was the most confusing of the four I read. To fully understand it you must

read it and interpret it for yourself. I will try to do the best I can.

Rama and Krsna were two children who loved to play in the village.

First they crawled and then they walked causing the village women to laugh and

giving them great pleasure. Then Krsna started to untie the cows at

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