Importance Of Greek Mythology

Greek Mythology:

Whenever people go somewhere, they see things about Greek mythology and it excites kids especially with the history of the culture, and society. For generations people have viewed and researched greek mythology and have been excited and amazed by the history of it. For instance, Athena is a Goddess of wisdom and crafts; Calypso, Goddess-nymph of mythical island of Ogygia; Fatal Flaw/Hubris, state of arrogance, extreme pride. The characters that i have in Greek mythology are all important aspects because they are all from thousands of years ago and they all have a part in the text The Odyssey.

Athena is very important because she is one of the most known but also most influential Goddesses of all. She was born out of her father's (Zeus) head after he swallowed his pregnant mistress; Athena was born grown and clothed in her mother's clothes. They named her the Iliads goddess of fight, the warrior-defender, the protector of civilized life and artisan activities, and so on. Athena had a significant role in the Greek mythology and in the lives of the Athenians and all greeks. First, she was a goddess of wisdom in a time when women were no more than a sexual servant. Next, she was one of the three goddesses involved in the Golden Apple of discord scandal, and became the lifelong enemy of Paris because her

Hubris is extreme pride or arrogance shown by a character. In The Odyssey, Odysseus was hubris about everything because he thought he was the best of the best but he was just as flawed as everyone else around him. Hubris came to be defined as overweening presumption that leads a person to disregard the divinity fixed limits on human actions in an ordered cosmos. In The Odyssey, not only was Odysseus very hubris, he had fatal flaw in him too because when he gets all cocky about beating Troy, Poseidon makes it harder to get back to his