When Demeter transforms into a women after she has forsaken Zeus and Mt. Olympus, why does she agree to take the job caring for the young child of the lord of Eleusis? What are we the audience being taught here about treatment of our fellow human beings?
- this is from the myth of demeter and persephone
2007-01-18 11:40:05 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
She's miserable. She's in hiding. All she wants to do is be a mother again after losing Persephone, and she'll take a job as a nanny just to get the chance.
As far as how that relates to how we treat human beings...you'll have to figure out that part of your homework yourself. I think it says more about her than about mortals.
2007-01-18 11:44:45 · answer #1 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ESweetPea has a great answer, so I've got nothing to add except that if you want to impress your teacher (or if you're just interested), there's an almost identical myth in Egyptian mythology about the goddess Isis caring for the child of a king after the death of her husband Osiris and her own subsequent fleeing from the god Set.
2007-01-18 22:44:14 · answer #2 · answered by Aeryn Whitley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't remember this part of Greek mythology. Sorry unable to help ya on this one. Hope you'll find a much better answer soon.
2007-01-18 19:52:25 · answer #3 · answered by PinkKitt'n 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋