Friday, February 6, 2015

The Myth of Greek Mythology

Around 700 BC, a poet named Hesiod Theogony offered the first written theory of Greek Mythology. It was called the Theogony and it tells the story of of the universe’s journey from nothingness (Chaos, primeval void) to being, and details a very detailed family tree of elements, gods and goddesses who evolved from Chaos and descended from Gaia(Earth), Ouranos(Sky), Pontos(Sea) and Tartaros(Underworld). Later Greek writers and artists used these ideas for inspiration for their own work. This shaped people’s beliefs about Greek Mythology.

I am interested in this project because I read the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. There were five books and then another sequel came called the Heroes of Olympus. These books are my favorite books written by Rick Riordan. These books are about Greek Mythology. This is why Greek Mythology is very interesting to me.

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