Then, love came and created heaven and earth. Demeter grows corn but Dionysus loves wine more than anything else which makes him different from his fellow Olympians because they prefer nectar, ambrosia, or nothing at all if it comes down to it.
Hephaestus crafts items for them while Aphrodite loves beauty but lives on earth with humans instead of on Mount Olympus with her family. Hestia protects hearth fires while Hermes delivers messages to everyone in Greece from Olympus (the home of all Greek gods). Poseidon rules over the sea while Hades rules over death. His wife Hera is jealous of him and their children are Ares who is cruel and Apollo who’s a poet. Zeus is the chief and god of thunder and sky. In her introduction, she talks about how these myths are precursors to Western thought, which can be useful today.Īfter introducing the main characters, Hamilton then talks about the gods. She briefly explains the Norse myths as well, but she focuses mostly on Greek and Roman mythology.
1-Page Summary of Mythology Overall SummaryĮdith Hamilton’s Mythology is like a study guide in itself because it references so many different stories and characters.
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