Myth

Myth Myths You are probably here because you are interested in Greek myths. Here are some short summaries of the most popular myths. Little Hermes Hermes was the son of Zeus and Maia, a nymph. He was born already walking and talking. The day he was born, Hermes constructed the lyre, a kind of harp. Then he stole fifty of Apollo's sheep, sacrificing two of them to the gods. Being the god of thieves, Hermes cleverly concealed all of his tracks. However, Apollo was the god of prophecy, so he found out that Hermes had stolen his sheep. Hermes then had to exchange his lyre for the sheep. Then the two gods became friends. The Kidnapping of Persephone Persephone was a young maiden, the daughter of Demeter, the earth mother. It came to pass that Hades fell in love with her. He kidnapped her one day, taking her to his underworld kingdom. Demeter was very grievous ïå÷àëüíûé when she found out about her daughter's disappearance. She left Olympus and wandered in the form of an old woman. Because of her absence, there was a great famine. Finally Zeus sent Hermes to Hades to bring Persephone back. Before letting her go, Hades myths, back, orpheus, hermes, city, underworld, one, love, gods, day, persephone, music, hades, go, two, turned, sheep, pool, out, narcissus, months, made, gift, finally, fell, eurydice, echo, came, because, away, around, zeus, young, worked, way