Amazing people - the Greeks (so they themselvescalled), came to the Peloponnese and settled it. In antiquity, all people tried to live near the river-breadwinner. And in Greece there were no big rivers. So the Greeks became the seaside people - they were fed by the sea. Brave, inquisitive, they built ships and swam across the stormy Mediterranean Sea, trading and creating settlements on its shores and islands. They were also pirates, and they received profits not only from trade, but also from robbery. These people traveled a lot, saw the life of other nations, and they created myths and legends about gods and heroes. The short Greek myth became a national tradition of folklore. He usually narrated about some events that happened to those who behaved incorrectly, deviating from the generally accepted norms. And usually this story was very instructive.
Are the Greek gods and heroes alive?
Yes and no.No one worships them, they don’t offer sacrifices, they don’t come to their shrines to ask for advice. But every short Greek myth has saved the lives of both gods and heroes. In these stories, time is frozen and does not move, but the heroes fight, are active, hunt, fight, try to deceive the gods and talk among themselves. They live. The Greeks immediately began to represent the gods in the form of people, only more beautiful, more skilled and endowed with incredible qualities.
For example, the short Greek myth of Zeus,to the most important deity, he can tell us how high on bright Olympus, surrounded by his wayward, disobedient family, Zeus sits on a high golden throne and asserts order and his stern laws on earth. While all is quiet, the gods feast. The daughter of Zeus, the young Hebe, brings them ambrosia and nectar. Laughing, joking, bringing food to the eagle, it can shed nectar on the ground, and then it will pour out in a short, summer rain.

But suddenly Zeus was angry, frowning his thick eyebrows, and now gray storm clouds closed the clear sky. Thunder rumbled, fiery lightning flashed. Not only earth shakes, but also Olympus.
Happiness and misfortune sends people Zeus, scoopingthem from two different pitchers. His daughter Dike helps him. She observes justice, defends the truth and does not tolerate deceptions. Zeus - the guarantor of a fair trial. He is the last to whom both gods and people go to justice. And Zeus never interferes in the affairs of war - there is and there can be no justice in battles and bloodshed. But there is on Olympus the goddess of a happy fate - Tyuhe. From the cornucopia, the horns of the goat Amalfea, with which Zeus was nourished, she pours gifts of happiness to the people. But how rare it is!
So, keeping order in the whole Greek world, ruling over evil and good, Zeus reigns forever. Is he alive? A short Greek myth claims to be alive.
What does love only to itself
Never bored by modern man to studyancient greek myths. Reading short stories, wondering what a deep meaning they have, is simply interesting and fascinating. Let's move on to the next myth.
Handsome Narcissus considered only himself worthylove He did not pay attention to anyone, only admiring and admiring himself. But is this the virtue and virtue of man? His life should bring joy, not grief to many. But Narcissus cannot help but look into her reflection: the pernicious passion for herself consumes him.

He does not notice the beauty of the world:dew on the flowers, the hot rays of the sun, the beautiful nymphs, yearning for friendship with him. Narcissus ceases to eat and drink, and feels the approach of death. But he, so young and beautiful, is not afraid, but waits for her. And, bending down on the emerald carpet of grass, dies quietly. So the goddess Aphrodite punished Narcissus. According to the Greeks, the gods are most willing to help a person when he goes to meet his death. Why live Narcissus? He is not happy with anyone, he did nothing good to anyone. But on the bank of the creek, where a selfish handsome man was admiring himself, a beautiful spring flower grew that gives happiness to all people.
About love conquering stone
Our life consists of love and mercy.Another short Greek myth tells the story of the brilliant sculptor Pygmalion, who carved a beautiful girl from white ivory. She was so good, so superior to the beauty of human daughters, that the creator every minute admired her and dreamed that she would become warm and alive from a cold stone.

Pygmalion wanted a girl totalk to him. Oh, how much they would sit, leaning towards each other with their heads and checking secrets. But the girl was cold. Then at the feast of Aphrodite, Pygmalion decided to pray to the goddess of love for mercy. And when I returned home, I saw that the dead statue was bleeding through the veins and life and kindness lit up in the eyes. So happiness entered the house of the creator. This short story says that true love overcomes all obstacles.
The dream of immortality, or the end of deception
Мифы и греческие сказания начинают изучать уже в primary school. Interesting and exciting ancient Greek myths. To read the 3rd grade is short and entertaining, tragic and instructive stories should according to the school curriculum. These are myths about proud Niobe, about the disobedient Icarus, about the unfortunate Adonis and about the deceiver Sisyphus.
All the characters crave for immortality.But only gods can grant it, if they themselves want it. The gods are capricious and gloating - every Hellene knows that. And Sisyphus, the king of Corinth, was very rich and cunning. He guessed that the death god would soon come after him, and ordered him to be seized and put in chains. The gods freed their messenger, and Sisyphus had to die. But he cheated: he did not order himself to be buried and offer funeral offerings to the gods. His cunning soul asked for the white light, to still persuade the living to make rich sacrifices. Sisyphus was again believed and released, but voluntarily he did not return to the underworld.

In the end, the gods became very angry andthey appointed him a special punishment: to show the futility of all human effort, he had to roll a huge stone onto a mountain, and then this boulder rolled down from the other side. This is repeated from day to day, for thousands of years and until now: no one has been able to cope with divine institutions. And cheating is simply not good.
Excessive curiosity
Ancient Greek myths are short for children and adults about disobedience and curiosity.
Рассердился Зевс на людей и решил «одарить» их evil. For this, he ordered the craftsman Hephaestus to create the most beautiful girl in the world. Aphrodite gave her an unspeakable charm, Hermes - a subtle quirky mind. The gods revived it and called it Pandora, which translates as "endowed with all gifts." They married her to a quiet decent man. In his house stood a tightly closed vessel. Everyone knew that it was filled with sorrow and misery. But Pandora was not embarrassed.

Slowly, when no one saw, he took it offcover! And all the misfortunes of the world instantly flew out of it: illness, poverty, stupidity, discord, distemper, war. When Pandora saw what she had done, she was terribly frightened and, in a daze, waited until all the troubles were cleared. And then, as in a fever, she shut the lid. And what is left at the bottom? The last is hope. Exactly her Pandora and deprived people. Therefore, there is no hope for the human race. It is only necessary to act and fight for good.
Myths and Modernity
If anyone is known to modern man well, then these are the gods and heroes of Greece. The heritage of this people is many-sided. One of the masterpieces - Greek myths, short. Author Kun Nikolai Albertovich - historian, professor, teacher, but as far as he knewand loved Hellas! How many myths with all the details brought to our times! So we read Kuhn a lot today. Greek myths are a source of inspiration for all generations of artists and creators.