Ancient Greek myths and legends: Sweb's thoughts after reading

Compared with other nationalities, ancient Greek mythology has distinct characteristics. Greek gods are closer to people, and some people's joys and sorrows follow the causal rate. (The Greek supreme goddess is actually the three goddesses of fate, all called Cyrus, which means Greek silk thread, and the gods can't change what they decide. ) and they all have weaknesses, such as jealousy, anger, lust, and mating with humans. Their children live on the earth, and the gods will turn to these demigods for help when they are in trouble. This is the most interesting place, only Greece, God is not terrible at all, but a little cute. Therefore, the divinity of Greek gods is weak, which led to the earliest atheism in Greece, that is, the earliest philosophy was born in Greece. Besides, the Greeks believed in heroes rather than gods. Many Greek demigod heroes and even pure human heroes have defeated God. Such as Hercules, Achilles, theseus, Perus, and Jason who stole the golden retriever. These human heroes also have great strength, profound personality defects and universal tragic endings. Greek wizards have no magical power, that is, watching birds and things has little influence on Greek life. So basically, heroes make history. This is amazing. Very sure of the main role of human beings and their dominant position in nature. This is a place where the Greeks are extremely proud and proud. The Greeks believed that talent was the greatest creation, perhaps greater than God. With this encouragement, we can create a prosperous city-state in the rugged and barren Greek peninsula, cross the Mediterranean and spread the colonies all over the Mediterranean, Black Sea and Caspian Sea. Only 100,000 troops can fight against the 654.38+10,000 Persian army.

At the same time, Greek mythology also advocates democracy and equality. Although in Agamemnon's time, the leaders could share more trophies, in most cases, the trophies were obtained by themselves according to their military exploits. Although the king has some power, he is more like an excellent organizer. For example, everyone made a democratic decision to protect Helen. Odysseus' wife weaves like an ordinary peasant woman. The three goddesses asked Paris to judge who was the most beautiful, and so on. These concepts of equality were embodied in the later period, which laid the ideological foundation for the Athenian democratic system.

Greek mythology also advocates force, and their rituals of offering sacrifices to gods are also very interesting, especially through competitions. This shows that the Greeks have a tradition of exercise and exercise. Later, it developed into the Olympia Games. It laid the foundation for modern sportsmanship and fair competition.

Greek mythology, like other myths, created many monsters, but these monsters were descendants of old gods and kronos and were killed by heroes. And will become stars in the sky after death. The Greeks respected their enemies. During the war, Achilles finally agreed that the enemy would take Hecktor's body away and cremate it gloriously, shining with the light of civilization.

Greek mythology also advocates women's rights, and Athena is the most powerful and caring among human beings. Moreover, monogamy was advocated, which laid the foundation for the modern civilized marriage system. Greece has also created a brave and fearless image of Amazon female warrior, which is a high respect for women.

Greek mythology advocates human wisdom, and wise men are by no means unimportant in Greek mythology. There is a story dedicated to Odysseus in Homer's epic. It is said that Odysseus is the cleverest of mankind. Socrates was later regarded by the Greek gods as the smartest man. When the Greeks won by cheating, they did not detract from the honor brought by the victory. For example, the wooden horse meter.

In a word, Greek mythology has brought us many surprises. Just like the legacy of Greek civilization that Greek myths and legends have educated and inspired the world civilization. We can assert that only Greek myths and legends can inspire Greeks to explore the unknown from generation to generation year after year. Whether geographically or scientifically, Greek mythology has inspired all Greek philosophers, natural scientists and politicians. Thereby creating almost all natural sciences and most social sciences, as well as a developed democratic political system. This tradition was finally inherited by the Romans, finally spread to Europe, and now spread all over the world. People all over the world have to thank the Greeks. Including our Marxist materialist philosophy and sports philosophy, they also absorbed nutrition from Greek philosophy and were the inheritors of Greek philosophy. Therefore, Greek civilization is as great as China civilization, but it has a much greater impact on the world.

Interestingly, there are similarities between Greek mythology and China mythology. China's god is not very powerful. Ximen Bao's handling of his own power and his son's silence about Machamp's confusion with God show that China people only concentrate on human affairs and basically don't expect God's help. Is this the basic driving force for the inheritance of the two major civilizations? Egyptian civilization and Indian civilization, which lived completely in the shadow of God, have long since died out. There is basically no cultural heritage left for the world to use. This is probably the greatest place in Greek mythology.