I don't get Greek Mythology. Well, okay, I do, and I like it a lot, I think its interesting, I just don't get why there's so many different versions of things. For example- Hercules. This is the name you know and love, thanks to Disney's ridiculous movie. Actually, this is the Roman name. The Greek version is Heracles (He-rah-cleez). According to some sources, Zeus, Heracles's father, named him that so his immortal wife, Hera, wouldn't be so mad at him for having an affair with a mortal. That didn't work. Another example is how Aphrodite was born. Some just say she was the daughter of Zeus and Hera, but the more common version is that she was created when Uranus's genitals fell into the sea and she emerged on a shell from the sea foam (gross, huh?). I could go on and on, like if Hera or Zeus threw Hephaestus off Mount Olympus, but the one that bothers me the most is the story of Arachne and Athena. I'm STILL not sure what happened. Did Arachne win or Athena? What did they actually weave? The only thing I'm sure of is that Arachne was turned into a spider. That's it. Hmph.
GAH. it's so confusing at times. ><
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A couple things.
ReplyDeleteFirst: HI, ANGEL!! XD
Second: About the Aphrodite thing... okay, EEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW sorry. I just heard that she came from sea foam. Uh, that's all. o.O
Third: In the version I heard about Athena and Arachne, Athena wove into her loom a last warning to Arachne. It was a pattern that depicted mortals who had tried to best the gods and failed, inevitably dying horrible deaths or suffering terrible punishment. Arachne wove a pattern that showed a few of the more famous (or infamous, actually) times of when the gods deceived mortals or used some sort of malicious trickery against them. Of course, Athena was incredibly ticked off at that, ripped her work off the loom, and then turned her into a spider. (Ew, spiders.)
So yeah.
Gods, I am SUCH a NERD!! :D
Well, I heard (er, read) from some sources that Athena wove her victory over Poseidon, and Arachne wove the loves of the gods. Arachne won, but Athena was angry so she tore Arachne's tapestry to bits. Arachne was ashamed that she offended a goddess, so she hanged herself. Athena took pity on her and turned her into a spider. Still, all the different versions get annoying. GAH.
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