“Myths continue to fascinate us” (Kromholz and McCarter 1). In every new generation, many children are intrigued when they read Greek Mythology, which makes it valuable teaching tool in high school literature. This beneficial teaching device should have the priority in the on-going debate about the implementation of Greek Mythology. Implementing fundamental morals of life, providing interpretations to unexplained phenomena of the world, and stimulating the minds of students to extrapolate the content, the analysis of Greek Mythology should remain as part of high school standards, despite possible contrariety with a student's religion, or set of beliefs. Greek Mythology ingeniously enforces many important life lessons in its stories. For example, a great moral is presented in the story of Baucis and Philemon: “Good people… ask whatever you want and you shall have your wish” (Hamilton 153). At that point in the story, Jupiter is rewarding Baucis and Philemon for being excellent hosts and punishing all the other single-minded citizens in the country. This story portrays two distinguished morals: love lasts forever and karma. People might not believe in karma, or even in love, but believing in karma leads people to assist others more than causing inconvenience, which is beneficial to the society. In a more informal method, myths present stories “about relationships… [And] especially stories that explore and evaluate the behavior of their principal characters” (Kromholz and McCarter 4). Not only does Greek Mythology present magnificent ideals, but also exploits the true nature of humans. From these kinds of stories, people will become aware of malicious behavior in humans and advise caution toward that behavior. Directly or indirectl... ... middle of paper ... ...s can impel us to realize some of the misconceptions that the society developed to become. Students only trust these beliefs if they wish to, which has two distinct directions. One is that students believe in the new morals that are presented to them, and if this occurs, it will not corrupt their brains, but only expand their perspectives of the world. They will start to embrace the morals and enrich the society, but some students might not find the Greek views logical. These students will scrutinize mythology only to find contrasting viewpoints, which will promote their analytical ability. The tradition of the laughing at how ridiculous Greek mythology sounds at some points is something that all generations should experience, but in the end, teaching Greek mythology has been a tradition in schools as long as people can remember and there is no need to remove it now.
The Role of Women in Greek Mythology In learning about the feminist movement, we studied the three articles, discussed and reviewed the different authors perspectives on the topic, and learned how important the role of woman in Greek mythology is. In presenting the feminist theory to the class, we analyzed the three articles, Women in Ancient Greece; Women in Antiquity: New Assessments; and Women in Greek Myth, and discussed how although the three articles provided different views on Feminism in mythology, they all essentially are aiming to teach the same basic concept. In order to understand the feminist theory, we have to understand the notion that although myths are invented and that they involve fantasy, the concept of mythology does not necessarily imply that there is no truth of history in them. Some of the humans may have lived while some of the events may have taken place. Most importantly, the social customs and the way of life depicted in the myths are a valuable representation of Greek society.
Harris, Stephen L., and Gloria Platzner. Classical Mythology: Images and Insights. 2nd ed. Mountain View: Mayfield, 1995
“He was like a rooster who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.” By this George Eliot meant that he who believe the universe revolves around his or her self are very arrogant and egocentric. This analysis of egocentric and arrogant people is sound. The mythological characters Arachne and Phaeton relate to this quote because they are both egocentric and arrogant.
Mythology is the study of a compiled group of stories that describe the culture’s practices and past experiences. Mythology is a valuable aspect of every culture. It communicates the culture’s truthful everyday experiences or fabricated details of past events, roles, and traditions such as family, sexuality, art, religion, philosophy, laws and marriage. A culture’s collective group of stories help communicate loyalty, ethical and rational teachings, and social models. Ancient Greece and Egypt are two cultures that we’ve studied in this course so far that I will discuss the Creation Myth associated with each culture.
In her poem "Myth," Natasha Trethewey uses mythology, a unique structure, rhyme pattern, and punctuation to make form and content inseparable. Each of these elements serves to share the stages of grief one goes through one feels at the death of a loved one as well as the feelings of deep loss and longing.
Myths relate to events, conditions, and deeds of gods or superhuman beings that are outside ordinary human life and yet basics to it” ("Myth," 2012). Mythology is said to have two particular meanings, “the corpus of myths, and the study of the myths, of a particular area: Amerindian mythology, Egyptian mythology, and so on as well as the study of myth itself” ("Mythology," 1993). In contrast, while the term myth can be used in a variety of academic settings, its main purpose is to analyze different cultures and their ways of thinking. Within the academic setting, a myth is known as a fact and over time has been changed through the many different views within a society as an effort to answer the questions of human existence. The word myth in an academic context is used as “ancient narratives that attempt to answer the enduring and fundamental human questions: How did the universe and the world come to be? How did we come to be here? Who are we? What are our proper, necessary, or inescapable roles as we relate to one another and to the world at large? What should our values be? How should we behave? How should we not behave? What are the consequences of behaving and not behaving in such ways” (Leonard, 2004 p.1)? My definition of a myth is a collection of false ideas put together to create
The game’s depiction of Greek and Roman mythology is mostly accurate and anachronistic by staying faithful to the classical legends. The part of Greek culture with the heroic ethic is also portrayed quite well in the style of a game where the player must keep on winning harder levels. It is a game that the player can both learn from about Greek mythology, and have fun playing it out as
In this essay I am going to focus in the Greek Mythology. In the Greek Mythology there is no single text that introduces all of the myth’s characters and stories because the myths were part of an oral tradition that unfolded gradually in the written literature of the archaic and classical periods.
In my opinion, books is a mystery, we don’t know what is inside a book so to be able to figure out, understand, and know about it mystery, we must read them. The Mythology lens in literature will allow the reader to reach the puzzle events and understand them thoroughly.
Hunt, J.M. "Greek Mythology Zeus Lovers." SDSU College of Education: Home Page. Web. 19 June 2011.
Greek mythology has many different stories that can depict different morals. For example, the myth of Helios, the sun god, and his son, Phaeton shows the importance of not letting your fantasies distract you from reality. However, the theme would not be clear without the main conflict.
Not to mention, you learn some great lessons. For instance, in the story of “ Echo and Narcissus” . Hera cursed Narcissus to fall in love with himself , the lesson was to look at someone for not their looks,but what’s inside. Additionally, in the story “Pandora’s Box” Pandora didn’t listen to Athena about the box Zeus gave her, and let curiosity get to her leading to a terrible disaster for humans . The lesson was curiosity gets to people easily, which is relatable . As you see there's a lot of lessons in Ancient Greek stories that modern day doesn’t
(1) One of the matters of which Ancient Greece flourished was culture, with elegant marble sculptures, fascinating literature, enchanting dramas, harmonious music, etc. However, the one aspect they are most popular for is their elaborate mythology which still inspires media to date. What most people do realize is
Zeus hurls his thunderbolt and the world trembles. Odin invites fallen warriors in the halls of Valhalla for a drink. Jesus Christ spreads the words of his father and gathers disciples. Buddha sits and meditates the meaning of the universe. Across the world there have always been mythological stories. From the first civilization to modern times, mythologies help explain the vents of the world and attempt to provide answers for unanswerable questions. Though every mythology appears different, if one looks close enough, commonalities appear. Joseph Campbell spent his life studying mythologies and religions along with compiling the commonalities amongst them. This study on the works of Joseph Campbell focuses on the following areas:
middle of paper ... ... The violence and stray ideals that are portrayed in mythology continue to thrive through literary works read by children. In the end, these ideals and violent ideas influence the younger generation the more they read, even in books as simple as Fairy Tales and Narnia. Works Cited Bakay, Graig.