The Gods In Greek Mythology
Greek Mythology is one of the oldest mythologies in the entire world. It is the stepping stone of the great culture, poetry and art. There are so many fantastic, interesting stories about the Gods, the Heroes and also the Villains of ancient Greece. Unlike most of the Gods in other religions and cultures, who were described as being perfect, Greek Gods many times seem to be immature, lustful and selfish. In this paper, we will discuss some narratives of Greek Gods being imperfect and cause troubles to the whole mankind, and also some reasons that explain why Ancient Greek chose to describe their Gods in such ways.
First of all, we should talk about Zeus, as he is the King of the Gods on Mount Olympus. Zeus in Greek Mythology is portrayed to …show more content…
He had a lover named Coronis, who he killed by his arrow, once he found out she had had another mortal mate. Apollo had left Coronis for a while that she found herself another companion (Morphord) It’s so selfish of him to expect a girl to spend all of her life waiting for him, be loyal to him while he as a God, had the rights to love many Goddesses, Nymphs, mortal girls and even guys. These Gods love themselves so much that they treated other lives like nothing. It only matters of what will please them, and if things don’t go their way, horrible punishments will come to the …show more content…
They instead always want to stand up for themselves, based on their own strengths. That’s why sometimes, the images of Olympus Gods can be so poor, as an expression of humans saying Gods are not that great to worth the wordships.
Though there are bad things that the Olympus Gods have done to the human race, we can’t deny that these are very interesting narratives to read and to learn from. Also, many amazing arts, literatures and poetries have been formed from these events. An example would be the topic of Lead and the Swan, which has many paintings about it from amazing artists around the world, from Leonardo da Vinci, Correggio to Michelangelo. The Trojan War also gives the inspiration for the famous Iliad of
First of all, we should talk about Zeus, as he is the King of the Gods on Mount Olympus. Zeus in Greek Mythology is portrayed to …show more content…
He had a lover named Coronis, who he killed by his arrow, once he found out she had had another mortal mate. Apollo had left Coronis for a while that she found herself another companion (Morphord) It’s so selfish of him to expect a girl to spend all of her life waiting for him, be loyal to him while he as a God, had the rights to love many Goddesses, Nymphs, mortal girls and even guys. These Gods love themselves so much that they treated other lives like nothing. It only matters of what will please them, and if things don’t go their way, horrible punishments will come to the …show more content…
They instead always want to stand up for themselves, based on their own strengths. That’s why sometimes, the images of Olympus Gods can be so poor, as an expression of humans saying Gods are not that great to worth the wordships.
Though there are bad things that the Olympus Gods have done to the human race, we can’t deny that these are very interesting narratives to read and to learn from. Also, many amazing arts, literatures and poetries have been formed from these events. An example would be the topic of Lead and the Swan, which has many paintings about it from amazing artists around the world, from Leonardo da Vinci, Correggio to Michelangelo. The Trojan War also gives the inspiration for the famous Iliad of