Mythology vs Natural World: How mythology helped to explain aspects of the natural world to the ancient Greeks
Title: Mythology vs Natural World:
How mythology helped to explain aspects of the natural world to the ancient Greeks
Category: /Literature/Mythology
Details: Words: 1292 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Mythology vs Natural World:
How mythology helped to explain aspects of the natural world to the ancient Greeks
Category: /Literature/Mythology
Details: Words: 1292 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Greek myths are all that's left of the ancient Greek religion, in which beauty, poetry, and creative activities were a vital part of the tradition. Centuries ago, the Greeks created numerous stories and poems, which are still being shared today, that showed their view of the world that existed not only in the mind of the Greek poets, but in the hearts of the humble and long suffering natives of ancient Greece. From the stories
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Man, and Pandora tell the people how mankind first was created, the stories of Demeter and Persephone, Dionysus and his vines, and the Horae explain the division of seasons, and the fables of Narcissus, Hyacinthus, and Pyramus and Thisbe tell the origins of some of the flowers. Those myths do not just show what the ancient world was like and how the Greeks' minds work, but also help explain the answers to the nature's mysteries.