Overall Greek Myths

After being able to read quite an amount of myths, you can always find many similarities and of course, differences. You can identify the different themes the myths talk about, and relate the characters form one myth to another. It is very fun how you can relate the gods with mortals and vice versa. There are myths about heroes, wars, love, gods and mortals. The myths always talk about the gods to make their stories more extraordinary. I would say the myths probably did happen, but at a much smaller scale. They simply talk about monsters and gods to make the story more wonderful, and at the end this is what has made Greek myths prevail throughout history.

If the Greek writers would say the exact story, people wouldn’t have paid much attention. By seeing gods and different supernatural things, people get into the writings and this is why there are many Greek myths which since we are little, we hear about them and feel related to them very much. A great example of this would be Cupid, who is modernly the symbol of falling in love. Also all of the Greek monsters they talk of are very well known since they are marvelous creatures. The Pegasus, the sphinx or the Cyclops are all creatures we all know of.