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Loyalty In The Titans And The Twelve Great Olympians

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Greek mythology is a very controversial topic. Some people choose to follow and believe it while others think it’s all useless, made-up stories. Regardless of what you may think about it, it can still teach us a lot about how the Greeks thought and what they believed long, long ago. Each myth has a different lesson to be taught. One may help us understand how women were treated whereas another will allow us to understand what character traits were admired in Ancient Greece. No matter what, however, children can gain great morals from these myths. Whether learning about good versus evil or the concept of loyalty, Greek myths can come in handy for many lessons. To begin, you can infer that women were known as protectors. In the myth, “The Titans and the Twelve Great Olympians,” most goddesses were known as protectors of one thing or another. For example, Artemis was, “...the protectress of dewey youth,” (Hamilton 31). Also, Hera was, “... the protector of marriage…” (Hamilton 25). Therefore, you can infer that in Greek mythology, women were protectors of a multitude of things. Thirdly, in “The …show more content…

To me, it appears that loyalty isn’t too important. If you really think about it, Zeus, one of the most powerful Olympians, cheats on Hera, making it clear that even the so-called “leader” isn’t too trustworthy. Additionally,on page 80 it is clearly stated that “...while she gave her husband a great stone...and [he] swallowed…” As you can see, Rhea tricked Cronus into eating a rock after he had eaten child after child of hers. To continue, Psyche solves her issues by stabbing her husband, the one she is supposed to love and be faithful to. This is proven when Hamilton says, on page 125, “...get the knife. She must steel herself to plunge it [into him].” However, “Zeus is loyal to the other gods…” (Hamilton 61). Thus, loyalty was kind of a give and take situation. Sometimes you have it and other times you wish you

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