Greek Myths Essay
The Ancient Greeks hold a very interesting culture. They are mostly remembered for the great tales made up about the gods, the demigods and the Titans. Some movies these days such as the “Clash of the Titans” depict them as such. On the other hand, some remember the greeks culture for the tales they made up, but not the ones about the hero's. Some tales are about narcissistic kings or awful titans. Whether these myths be about great courageous heros or horrific cowardly traitors they were all written to teach values or beliefs of the greek culture. These values and beliefs are vitally important to one's character. In the Ancient Greek culture, the people believed in many things including karma. …show more content…
This is how it people felt with Orpheus. Whenever he plays his harp and sings his songs, This is shown throughout the first couple pages of his story as whenever Orpheus plays his music, he entrances people with it. They literally follow him around, as shown on page 75 “When he played in the fields, animals followed him, sheep and cows and goats. And not only the tame animals, but the wild ones too---the shy deer, and the wolves, and bears… Nor did the bears and wolves think of eating the sheep until the music had stopped.” This paragraph shows that Ancient Greeks saw musicians are extremely powerful, so powerful in fact that they could stop nature itself from continuing its natural process. Orpheus can also make people lose track of time as for as soon as Orpheus began to play, the fisherman forgot all about their nets and sat on deck and listened with their mouths open just like the fish.” This shows how the greeks believed that musicians were extremely powerful as . Another thing the myths teach people about is the status of different people in society. For a while throughout history, people believed that women were only good for tending serving men, this is especially true in the greek Ancient Culture. This is shown on page 76 when Eurydice is speaking to Orpheus and the text reads “She could not hope for him to love her, but that would not stop her from following him and serving him in any way he could. She would be happy to be his slave if he wanted her to.” This paragraph shows how women are seen as being below men and how their purpose was to serve and praise
The Ancient Greeks hold a very interesting culture. They are mostly remembered for the great tales made up about the gods, the demigods and the Titans. Some movies these days such as the “Clash of the Titans” depict them as such. On the other hand, some remember the greeks culture for the tales they made up, but not the ones about the hero's. Some tales are about narcissistic kings or awful titans. Whether these myths be about great courageous heros or horrific cowardly traitors they were all written to teach values or beliefs of the greek culture. These values and beliefs are vitally important to one's character. In the Ancient Greek culture, the people believed in many things including karma. …show more content…
This is how it people felt with Orpheus. Whenever he plays his harp and sings his songs, This is shown throughout the first couple pages of his story as whenever Orpheus plays his music, he entrances people with it. They literally follow him around, as shown on page 75 “When he played in the fields, animals followed him, sheep and cows and goats. And not only the tame animals, but the wild ones too---the shy deer, and the wolves, and bears… Nor did the bears and wolves think of eating the sheep until the music had stopped.” This paragraph shows that Ancient Greeks saw musicians are extremely powerful, so powerful in fact that they could stop nature itself from continuing its natural process. Orpheus can also make people lose track of time as for as soon as Orpheus began to play, the fisherman forgot all about their nets and sat on deck and listened with their mouths open just like the fish.” This shows how the greeks believed that musicians were extremely powerful as . Another thing the myths teach people about is the status of different people in society. For a while throughout history, people believed that women were only good for tending serving men, this is especially true in the greek Ancient Culture. This is shown on page 76 when Eurydice is speaking to Orpheus and the text reads “She could not hope for him to love her, but that would not stop her from following him and serving him in any way he could. She would be happy to be his slave if he wanted her to.” This paragraph shows how women are seen as being below men and how their purpose was to serve and praise