Greek myths are one of my favorite literatures of all times. I have many favorites, but right now I can't mention them because it's 12am and I can't think straight.
Which are your favorite myths?
2006-07-13 17:04:52 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
I really like the Knossos, Minotaur story. You know, when Thesius slew the minotaur with the help of his little princess friend. The story itsself is fine, but their is a darker undertone towards the end that basically says that all humans have never changed.
The part where he married his little princess helper and then decided it would be better for her if he left her on a desolate rock island while he went out and had fun like the man he was. Someone somewhere must have hated telling that part, since they added the section where the feathered shoed Mercury/hermes flew by and whisked her away to save her from the misery of lonliness. It's a sad tale that speaks volumes about people in general and how quick their minds change without really having changed it. It's all selfish greed and prominence of power.
2006-07-13 20:10:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I love individual myths but my favorite part about mythology is tracing the families through all their descendents. It gives kind of a structure and timeline to all the myths, instead of knowing them as isolated incidents. Everything is connected! Cadmus and Europa are actually COUSINS with Danaus and Aegyptus, because their fathers are both the sons of Poseidon and a nymph, Libya. how cool is that?!
2006-07-14 09:44:44 · answer #2 · answered by Lydia Breakfast 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Greek Muses from Mythology.
Calliope (epic poetry)
Euterpe (music/lyric poetry)
Clio (history)
Erato (lyrics/love poetry)
Melpomene (tragedy)
Polyhymnia (sacred poetry and geometry)
Terpsichore (dancing)
Thalia (comedy)
Urania (astronomy and astrology)
2006-07-13 17:31:26 · answer #3 · answered by Alfred L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pandora
2006-07-13 17:29:51 · answer #4 · answered by livesmart247 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Birth of Venus, Medea and Jason, Pygmalion, Narcissus, Ariadne and hte Trojan Horse.
2006-07-14 10:55:19 · answer #5 · answered by samanthajanecaroline 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like the myth of Zeus who 'kidnaped' Europe, this myth is also illustrated in the coin of 2euro in Greece. And the myth of Adonis and Afroditi(Venus).
2006-07-13 21:01:57 · answer #6 · answered by raskal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perseus who goes looking for Medusa's head is one. The story of the Achilles' heel and Orpheus in the underworld who meets Cerebus the dog and Hades.
2006-07-13 17:52:35 · answer #7 · answered by Ambrosia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pandora's Box
2006-07-13 19:55:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i love pygmalion and galatea. and the one with cupid and psyche. oh and poor echo who fell in love with narcissus. but the best is persephone... i wrote a poem once about how she didn't mind being in hades 6 months a year because pluto was such a seductive lover. yeah, i like the romantic ones.
2006-07-13 17:11:21 · answer #9 · answered by foxfirevigil 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pandora's box, and Ceasar wasn't a myth.
2006-07-13 17:28:29 · answer #10 · answered by princess_elf21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋