
Modern Religious Experience: The Morality of Greek Myths- Reflection #6: "The Creation of Seasons: Demeter and PersephoneFor this reflection, upload a picture that represents your character in the Greek myth you pr..."
The King of the Gods, Jupiter came down to Earth one day to consort with his 3 Nymphs. His wife, Juno, becomes suspicious of his behaviour and wants to investigate. One of the Nymphs, Echo, deceives Juno and helps the Nymphs to escape. Juno curses Echo that from here-forth she would not speak but repeat the words of others.
Narcissies is a charming man who is lost in the woods. Echo tries all ways to please Narcissies, but in vain. Echo ultimately dies repeating her own words. Besides Echo, older Nymphs, prayed to God to punish Narcissies for his selfishness. Nemeses, the Godesses of retribution, punishes him and turns him into a flower, so that he is so annoyed by himself that he could not take his eyes away.
Moral of the Story: Jealousy and Selfishness does not reward anyone in the long-run.
The important virtue of the Greeks, is to punish anyone who does wrong or is of a bad character or is proud.
One should learn from this story, that one should be happy with his surroundings and not be greedy.
The gods were a lot like human beings in how they reacted and had the same kind of emotions as humans, the only thing that made them more superior was their power. They were also able to come down to earth and communicate with the people face to face. The gods were sometimes unjust and did whatever pleased them.
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