Comparing The Bible And Greek Mythology

Greek mythology and The Bible seem to have very different stories and content. The bible is about being a good person and following the ten commandments, while Greek mythology is filled with unfaithful spouses and unjust gods. However there are a few similar stories that might come from common backgrounds. The legends have corresponding parts, which makes them almost identical. Three examples are the first women, the great flood and Hercules and Samson.
The stories of the first women are very similar in Greek mythology and the Bible. In Mythology the first woman was created by the Father of Men and Gods and her name was Pandora, and “She was made from water and earth and blessed with many gifts” (Chaffey). She was brought out of the woods by Zeus and given a box which she was told
Hercules is a demi-god and, “ was the strongest man on earth and he has the supreme self-confidence magnificent physical strength gives” (Hamilton 167). Hera makes him temporarily crazy, and when he wakes up he sees he killed his family. In punishment for the murders, Hercules must serve Eurystheus for twelve years, and in that time he performs the Twelve Labors. He kills Nemean the lion and eventually dies from poison. Hercules is often seen with two pillars associated with him. From the Bible, Samson is a man of great strength. His mother was visited by an angel and instructed to never cut Samson’s hair and only feed him a certain diet. He grows up and kills a lion with his bare hands and a thousand Philistine people with his bare hands. Eventually his hair is cut and he is captured and mocked. He dies destroying a temple by breaking two pillars in a temple. They are similar because they both kill a lion with their bare hands and were super strong. “The time period in which Hercules is thought to have lived also corresponds well with the life of Samson”