Mythology [antikvár]

Greek Gold A Book by Byron /?rf^^j^ /ee/Cl á ^^áa g.^^ffgyy AtO 5 ^ AN INTEODÜCTJON TO MYTH 0 LOG'Y OK Al,l. Tin; \I>T!IS of jiods !md tirroes, the talcs oi ihc ancient Greeks sUll seem as fresh as when llomcr firsl san" oi Troy, when people sptike in whispers ahoiil the misfortunes of Midas, and when young warriors were inspired l)y lIu- exploits of lleraeles. Il was a lime when, dwelling in iheir crystal palaces atop Mount Olympus, llie ininiorlal gods were often said lo meddle in the affairs of ordinary human beings. )i' zi:rs IN tin: temim,!' .jt olvmima TALKS OF GODS AND UKROKS l.onf; ago. th<" people of Grer-ee believed that the world was ruled over l>y a group of pow.-rful immortals known as the gods. Tales (.f these gods, such as Zeus. Allu-na. and Poseidon, and of I'amoiis demigoils and lieroes. like lleraeles. jasou. aud Theseus, are <'alled myths. Nowadavs. we can find oul ahoiJl ihe Olympian guds ihrtnigh the writings of numerous aneienl Greeks, inehiding llesiod. Apollonius. ami Homer. These writers left us a rieli store of niylhs in their hooks. Ilesiod. for example, writes of ihr creation of the gods and of the war waged by Zeus, the king of the gods, against bis father. Cronu.s. for control of the heavens. Harlh. underworld, and sea.