Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Edith Hamilton/Mythology. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
This 5 page paper dicusses Edith Hamilton's book, Mythology. It talks about how she presents Greek mythology, and the different stories that involve it. 1 source cited.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_90myth.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
a time when human imagination provided the best explanations for natural phenomenon. Hamilton states that the "imagination was vividly alive and not checked by reason, so that anyone in the
woods might see through the trees a fleeing nymph, or bending over a clear pool to drink, behold in the depths a naiads face" (1). In cataloging
the variety and depth of the Greek imagination as evidenced through this ancient cultures myths, Hamilton demonstrates how this volume of literature contributed to the mental framework of humanity by
offering comprehensive explanations of natural phenomena. "The tales of Greek mythology do not throw any clear light upon what early mankind was like...They do throw an abundance of light upon
what early Greeks were like" (Hamilton 1). The author goes on to further point out that this fact is particularly relevant to our culture, as the artistic, political and intellectual
descendants of the Greeks, "nothing we learn about them is alien to ourselves" (1). Hamiltons account of Greek mythology begins, logically, with the first gods?the Titans. These gods were
the personification of natural phenomena such as earth, sky and sun. Previous to the Titans, the universe had been a state of emptiness called Chaos. Gaea, the first Titan, was
the earth, itself. After she emerged from the Chaos, she gave birth to her own consort, Uranus, the sky. Between Gaea and Uranus, there were many offspring. Cronus, the youngest,
deposes Uranus and becomes king of the gods. Naturally, having achieved his position by disposing of his own father, Cronus is fearful of his children and swallows each as
his wife Rhea gives birth. Rhea, however, fools Cronus by wrapping a rock in baby clothes, and the youngest, Zeus, is not swallowed. Again, the youngest disposes of the father
...