Greek Gods and Heroes
From the beginning of Greek culture, ancient people made up myths. Myths are stories about the things, which people believed in, that contain a supernatural element. I read one story introduction to mythology named How Mythology Works. Also I read another book that tells us about the glorious days when the gods ruled over the world. This story is named Greek Gods and Heroes by Robert Craves. After reading the whole book I have not still figured out, are any of these characters heroes? If a hero is a somebody who does something dangerous to help somebody else, then the heroes of Greek mythology don’t qualify, except a few like Heracle and Jason. They were pretty selfish and not good models neither for the younger generation of today nor for us. Chapter XXII shows a selfish King Admetus and briefly notes about his courageous wife who sacrificed herself for her children’s sake. King Admetus who had been gotten help from Apollo tried to find a substitute, but he didn’t find. He asked his very old parents, and two wretched prisoners, and a poor man suffering from an incurable disease either, but no one wanted to die for him
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Approximate Word count = 771
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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