This myth arose as a way of explaining why all the awful things happen to men in life. Conflicts between Zeus and Prometheus exist, and Zeus creates Pandora’s box with the intent of giving it to her so she can release all the evils to the world of man, an indirect punishment to Prometheus. Pandora’s conflict is similar to the Conflict seen in the Hebrew culture, The Garden of Eden. In both stories, hope exists, but man falls prey to evil due to misled curiosity. It is hard to understand the actions Pandora took at first, after being told not to open the box.
He believes the city is suffering because the murderer of king Laius has not been discovered and punished. He says, “I swear by Apollo that I will bring this to light again” (50-51). In his pride, he is sure he can solve the problems of Thebes. Oedipus’ arrogance continues to grow in the middle of the play. Teiresias says, “All of you here know nothing, and I will not bring our troubles to the light of day” (98-99).
This takes away from the playwright because he cannot wow the audience with original ideas. Still, Sophocles is still a very good playwright and it shows all throughout Oedipus Rex. By far the most ironic thing in the book is its name, Oedipus Rex. Oedipus thought he became the king of Thebes because he killed the dreadful Sphinx, which at the time was the only reason he could’ve became king, but as we progress on into the story, we see that he was actually the son of Laius. Laius was the king of Thebes before Oedipus, so Oedipus would have been king because he was the heir to the throne.
This is obviously morally and legally wrong in any country in the world today. A third disturbing event is the compensation of Ganymede to his father. Although any father would be happy that his son had achieved immortality, Zeus initially only gave the horses to Tros, and only later did he send Hermes with an explanation. Finally,
This novel's subtitle is 'the modern prometheus.' Prometheus was whom gave 'fire' to human. But Zeus didn't like human, so Prometheus was suffered by severe punishment that eagle pecked the liver of him. Nevertheless, Prometheus might treated hero by human because he made human know main source of development of the human race. Likewise Frankenstein want to be a hero through 'creating life' but his extreme conviction to science bring about a result that is wretched.
He is resentful of the success of others, and has attitude problems. He is the first to kill the chickens too, just like Jack killing the pigs. After Jack and a couple other people got done beating up Roger, acting like he was a pig, he then said “That was a good game.” (115). Jack did not care about others, he only cared about himself. Greg from Kid Nation was just like that, after he found out that they gave a gold star to someone who the council thought did the finest, that’s all he wanted.
Fittingly her voice is first heard in the poem and her tone is outrage. She will be the major impediment to Aeneas’ unfortunate struggles to found a homeland. In Book 1, Virgil seems to pay more attention to divine actions than to human concerns. In addition to our learning about Juno’s all-consuming jealousy of Aeneas’ fated glory, we see how petty and territorial her fellow gods are. For example, Aeolus is easily bribed to wreck havoc against Aeneas’ fleet by Juno’s promising him an exquisite nymph for a wife.
The Hymn to Apollo and its Effects on the Cosmos In the Homeric hymn to Apollo the fundamental change having taken place within the universe is found within the relationships between gods and men and within the gods themselves. Before the birth of Apollo, man on earth feared the gods and had very little knowledge of when or what would happen to them at any given moment. They were completely subordinate to the gods in every way. They relied on rumour or speculation in dealing with their future place among the gods. The addition of Apollo to the Olympian order bridged this gap between gods and men since Apollo was now the mediator between Zeus and mankind.
In Greek mythology, Prometheus (Greek Προμηθεύς, "forethought")[1] is a Titan, the son of Iapetus and Themis, and brother to Atlas, Epimetheus and Menoetius. He was a champion of mankind, known for his wily intelligence, who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals. [2] Zeus then punished him for his crime by having him bound to a rock while a great eagle ate his liver every day only to have it grow back to be eaten again the next day. His myth has been treated by a number of ancient sources, in which Prometheus is credited with – or blamed for – playing a pivotal role in the early history of mankind. During the Greek War of Independence, Prometheus became a figure of hope and inspiration for Greek revolutionaries and their philhellene supporters.
Even though Aereceaus loved his daughter, Aereceaus sacrificed his daughter, Danai, and grandson, Perseus to the sea because he wanted to follow the laws of Zeus by not letting any women live with children out of wedlock. Mortals also constructed exquisite temples and statues as tribute to the deities. Aereceaus, king of Argos, built a statue of Zeus overlooking his city. Cassiopeia also erected a picturesque statue of Thetis in a temple. Humans were capable of traveling to the other "worlds" while alive.