Deucalion

The Differences and Similarities of Hero Myths Across Cultures Heroes are a central theme to myths all cross the world. The idea of a hero transcends both time and geographical boundaries. Even in modern times, heroes are the subject of innumerable movies, books, and video games. Humanity loves their heroes; they often act as paragons of everything their respective culture idealized. By comparing the similarities and differences of the archetypal hero’s journey of antiquity across culture to…

Texts can be interpreted in many different ways. Being able to understand a reading is key in filling yourself with knowledge. In Ovid's collection of stories, Metamorphoses, different readers misconstrue what they are told, while others understand the true meaning of what is said to them. Pentheus is an eisegetic reader which means he interprets a text by forcing his own ideas upon it. Pyrrha is a literal reader which means she can only see one meaning and can not recognize symbols or metaphors…

In The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Hebrew book of Genesis, floods occur that completely destroy the physical world and all of mankind, except for a select few people who are considered righteous people from their creator’s perspective. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, the god Ea instructs a character whose name is Utnapishtim to build a large boat. According to the tablet, Ea tells Utnapishtim to make all living things go up into the boat. The only people on the boat are Utnapishtim, his family, and a…

Metamorphoses Book 1: Ovid begins in prayer, seeking inspiration from the gods to give him the ability to accurately describe his works in Metamorphoses. He then goes into a detail description of how the earth is created, which contains many similarities to the book of Genesis. The god who created earth is unknown, but after its completion man is born of the clay to rule to world. Ovid next describes four ages of man. First being the golden age, which is a time of trust, goodness. Sadness…

Major Works Data Sheet Title: Metamorphoses Author: Publius Ovidius Naso, known as Ovid Date of Publication: 8 C.E. Genre: Epic Poem, Tragedy Biographical Information About The Author Ovid was born in the Province of Sulmo. He was raised in a noble family. His father made him train to be an attorney of law. Growing up, he was fascinated with writing poetry and was very good at it. At the age of twenty, he made the decision to no longer practice law, and became a full-time poet, with help of…