Mythology Of Greek Mythology

The tales of Greek heroes and the gods are older than all of us. Most of these tales are thought to be myths, but every interpretation of Greek mythology and the stories that it contains correlates with something in the real world today. The story of the creation of the world, and the stories of the heroes Hercules, Perseus and Theseus, are only but a few of the compelling stories Greek mythology has to offer.

In the beginning chaos was all that lived. Out of the void appeared Erebus, The place where death dwells, and with it came Night. Everything else was silent, empty, darkness, and endless. Love was then born out of no where bringing a start of order. From love came Light and Day. Once Light and Day was born, so was Gaea, the earth. Then Erebus and Night slept together, and gave birth to Ether, the heavenly light and the earthly light to Day. Then Night produced Doom, Fate, Death, Sleep, Dreams, Nemesis, and other things that come to man out of the darkness. In the mean time Gaea gave birth to Uranus, which were the heavens. Uranus became Gaea’s mate. Together they made the three Cyclopes, the three Hecatoncheires, and twelve Titans. Uranus was a bad father and husband. He despised the Hecatoncheires. He punished them by imprisoning them by pushing them into hidden places of the earth. This severely angered Gaea and she plotted against Uranus. She made a flint sickle and tried to convince her children to attack Uranus. All were to afraid to do so expect the youngest Titan, Cronus (“Creation of the World”).

Gaea and Cronus plotted an ambush of Uranus. One night as Uranus lay with Gaea Cronus grabbed his father and castrated him with the stone sickle. What happened to Uranus after the attack is unknown, but as he departe...

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...tched for the return of his son, but when he saw the black sails he jumped into the sea. That stretch of water is now known as the Aegean, which was named after Aegeus (“Theseus Adventures”. Later on in Theseus life he loses popularity in Athens and is then exiled. He wanders to Scyrus where he is thrown off a cliff by Lycodemes (Churchill).

Every hero in Greek mythology produces some type of lesson for all of us to take heed to. each hero fell in and out of favor with the gods and was forced to do unthinkable tasks. But, without these heros, Greek mythology would not be what it is today. The heros of their time are what made the history of the Greeks come together. As shown by Hercules, Perseus, and Theseus a great deal of courage was required of them along with sacrifices. Their stories are what make Greek mythology one of the most interesting topics out there.