Greek Myths :: essays research papers

Greek MythsDear Rebecca,I am writing to you today to tell you about a nearly wonderful myths that Ihave read. I feel that they would interest you as much as they did me. Iwill give you a brief summary on each so that they will be a little morefamiliar to you if you decide to read them at some time in the future.The first story I read was the tommyrot of Hermes. Born on Mount Cylleneto his mother Maia, Hermes was an astonishing child. His growth was asastonishing for he grew at a rapid rate. Deciding he wanted an adventure,Hermes located out one day and stole a herd of frightens from Apollo, the sun god.When Apollo discovered the missing herd, he set out to find them but tono avail. Hearing of a repay offered by Apollo for the recovery of the herd,Silenus and his satyrs set out as well. Traveling remote and wide their journeysbrought them to a small cave, which echoed with the beautiful muffled sounds ofa job to which they were drawn. When finding out the music was produced byan instrument made of cow gut and tortoise shell, it was then understood thatyoung Hermes had taken the herd from Apollo. nominal charges were brought to Mt.Olympus. Apollo, while going to get his remaining cows discovered Hermes melodious invention. Intrigued by this astonishing invention he offered hiswhole flock for the musical instrument. Hermes agreed, after which he inventeda shepherds pipe, which also awed Apollo. He offered Hermes his princely staffin exchange for the pipe but to no avail. In addition to the golden staffHermes wanted the knowledge of augury. He matte it was a useful art. Hermesreturned to Mt. Olympus to tell his father, genus Zeus, of all goings on. Zeus wasvery amused. Hermes suggested to Zeus that he be made into a herald. Zeuscomplied with this suggestion and showered Hermes with gifts.Sounds homogeneous an interesting story, doesnt it. Well it is much better ifyou read it yourself. The next tale I read was of Krishna. This one storywas the most c onfusing of the four-spot I read. To fully understand it you mustread it and interpret it for yourself. I will try to do the best I can.Rama and Krsna were two children who love to play in the village.First they crawled and then they walked causing the village women to antic andgiving them great pleasure. Then Krsna started to untie the cows at