The Two Generations Of Greek Creation (Includes Quotes From Ecith Hamiltons Book Greek Mythology)
Different generations of Creators of the World
Different creators of the world? How can there be more than one creator of the world? Who were these "creators", and what are they like? These questions are answered by, Edith Hamilton in her book, Mythology. The different ages of creation usually slightly differ by who is telling the story. In this essay you will only hear the story that Edith Hamilton had wrote.
4 ages of creation? What's this? The creation of mankind usually had 4 or 5 ages of creation, in which the gods created them in. In the book Mythology, by, Edith Hamilton she explains 5 ages. The first and probably best age in Edith's opinion was the golden age. "These creatures although lived like gods were only mere mortals," says Edith. (Pg. 69) In this age there was no evil in man, and all men lived like gods. There were no women in the world until a later age. This age eventually this age began to die off and it was time for a new age.
Once this age died off the silver age came into place. During this age of mankind they had, "So little intelligence that they could not keep each other from constantly hurting others,"(Pg. 69) as Edith Hamilton would say in her book Mythology. After the silver age came the unnamed age. This age was full of terrible men who were extremely strong and who loved bloody war and violence. Next came the bronze age this age was similar to the Brass age, except for the fact that more evil was inside of man. Last came the Iron age. This age is supposed to be similar to today, where there is always sorrow and hate in your heart.
Others believed that the Titans had created man. These two Titans were named Prometheus and Epimetheus. Prometheus was a good thinker and thought about the future and planned ahead, but on the other hand Epimetheus was a scattered thinker who had never really thought about anything. He just used whatever came to his head first....
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