Monsters_And_Heroes_In_Greek_Myth

Monsters And Heroes In Greek Myth Monsters and heroes in Greek myth There are several Greek myths that involve monsters, which we know could not have actually existed. This raises the question of why there are monsters in Greek myth. In Greek mythology monsters serve to set heroes apart from regular humans. Examples in this essay of monsters and their hero counterparts will be Medusa and Perseus, the Minotaur and Theseus, and Polyphemus and Odysseus. Monsters symbolize the fear that most humans possess, with the exception of heroes who are not afraid of monsters. In this essay I will explain how monsters help set heroes apart from regular humans by showing that they have courage, wits and connections with the gods. Monsters show that Heroes have courage because Heroes face them and kill them when a regular human would run away. Monsters are very frightful to humans because they represent two things that humans are afraid of. The first of these is the unknown or unfamiliar. Monsters are usually very hideous, with features like Medusa’s snake hair. The second reason why humans are afraid of monsters is that monsters usually pose a threat to their well being. For monsters, heroes, humans, perseus, odysseus, gods, kill, help, courage, polyphemus, men, human, greek, wits, theseus, out, minotaur, medusa, cave, because, rams, head, face, example, escape, afraid, monsters, way, stone, show, seven, set, regular, one, mirror