How can the writings from the Ancient Greeks like myths, and fables teach us how to deal with our contemporary times (modern times)? Use proof from the text and develop the concept of themes and morals within your answer. Make sure to ELABORATE on your answers when responding.
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Myths like Ancient Greeks show us great things to learn from because every story has a different meaning to it. For example, in the book that we read together it teaches us that we should be careful on what we wish on because things don't always turn out the way that you want it to. From this book, others can also learn that we should respect God because God has the right over us. Miras was a king but he still wasn't happy with what he had. Miras was not respectful to God and as a punishment he earned donkey ears. From this story, I learned that the world today should be happy for what we have because if it weren't for God we wouldn't have these things in our life.Miras wished for everything he touches turn into gold, but gold isn't all we need in life. This may lead people in the world to believe that valuable things aren't always valuable because they turn to make people greedy. I know that greediness is not important in life because one way or the other, it makes a person feel foolish of themselves. This makes me realize that greediness doesn't lead anything into life because the king's wish caused him a lot of difficulties.From these mythological myths and stories we can learn that life is very precious and we should watch the way we spend it. Not everything is want able in this world, especially for those who are greedy. ~Lamiya Rahman
The name isn't Miras.Midas was terrible king.He adored gold but he didn't think about what he was choosing.Myths and fables teach us things in life that help us survive. If you listen to myths and fables you learn things like gold is less important than life. Apollo is a greek god.However Midas doesn't know what bad luck could happen. Like when he turned his daughter to gold and his food to gold.Things we learn help us in the modern world. If we didn't listen and we turned ourselves to gold we would then discover that we are wrong
It isn't only God, Lamiya. It doesn't have a capital. It is gods because Greeks half not even known like Hestia. Also God refers to he not she which are goddesses.
I concur with Naniel because myths teach us about the world. They give us morals to learn and we can use those to live life. It is like Greek philosophy inside fiction and you will enjoy life. For example, Midas teaches us about wealth and how money is not the only thing in life. Someone who might have over $500,000 on lottery tickets might have learned not to spend so much. They might just use enough income money to enjoy life. It is not only Greek myths but Roman and Egyptian too. So it also teaches us about cautiousness. For example, Midas was not cautious and turned his daughter to gold. Someone who always did the wrong things might have learned to think before (s)he did something. To sum up, myths help us recognize our mistakes and help us fix it.
Usually stories with that type of genre have morals or a lesson to learn. In Midas Midas was greedy within gold. It's like what shayan said. If you win the lottery. You dont get greedy with it you dont have it forever and you could become greedy yourself. As a punishment midas got donkey ears on his ears he had to where forever.I learned being rich with cash like midas had gold everywhere dosent mean your wealthy. Eating well and having a normal house is wealthy. Money can also make you evil. Being rich doesnt mean you have a good life. You need food education exercise basic needs like that. Greediness is bad. ~ FAHIM AHMED
writings from ancients Greeks like fables can help us because it can teach us a lesson so we do good things.For example the book we read at class showed us a lesson/moral at the end: Never be greedy. other fables teach different things, but we still learn from it. i could tell if there was no fables, a lot of people would be doing less good acts.
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Writing from the Greeks such as myths or fables most of the tme entertain us not only this ,but they give lessons.For example when King Midas wished every thng he touched would turn to gold this was not meant as a gift ,but a punishment.Midas thought he was bettere than everyone and only wealthy people like him desrved gold because only they knew what to do with it.when Apollo put a curse on Midas he had no dauter and no food because the instant he touched it ,it turned to gold.This fable taught the lesson to not be greedy and be grateful for what you have.This greek fable of King Midas and the golden touch taught a lesson like a lot more of greeks amazing stories.
myths can teach us lessons for example in the story midas the moral was that you shouldnt be greedy and that life isnt just about money and the king learned that making that wish was wrong and foolish
I think what Apollo did was a good idea. I say this because if Midas did that to me, I would be really mad, even madder than Apollo and I would've made his golden touch gift, so powerful that he would make something gold without even touching it. If he had done that, Midas would've learned a big lesson about what happens when someone makes fun of someone, and I wouldn't have just make him have donkey ears, I would make his whole body into a donkey's body, and then he would really understand what happens when someone makes fun of someone.
- Nur Rohan Siddique
Myths can teach us important things because, folk tales are fun ways to help us in life, for one thing, fables give us a simpler way of understanding our world today. The moral is that gold and riches aren't anything. If king Midas was here today,(if he even exsisted, in a point.) he would probably be laughing as thinking, or saying, since he was very, very cruel, that I'm foolish for saying that,(this is the king Midas before the golden touch, by the way.) and that money is so much better. But it's funny I was just watching an old t.v show called, "Sonic Underground" and their singing, "money can't buy the things you really need."(Such as love.) Such great timing on the word's! ~~~~Kayla
Myths can teach us important things because, folk tales are fun ways to help us in life, for one thing, fables give us a simpler way of understanding our world today. The moral is that gold and riches aren't anything. If king Midas was here today,(if he even exsisted, in a point.) he would probably be laughing as thinking, or saying, since he was very, very cruel, that I'm foolish for saying that,(this is the king Midas before the golden touch, by the way.) and that money is so much better. But it's funny I was just watching an old t.v show called, "Sonic Underground" and their singing, "money can't buy the things you really need."(Such as love.) Such great timing on the word's! ~~~~Kayla
Sorry, this is a new computer, so I have NO idea why it posted my comment 2 time. ~~~~Kayla
I didn't read the book but from all of you are saying, I think that the story had something to do with a king that made a bad wish and was very greedy. So I think that what myths or fables can teach us is that although they are myths they are not that far from what happens in the real world. So I think that myths can teach us many important life lessons that could one day come in handy.
Kayla, just delete one of your comments. I also concur with you Amoni because many fables such as myths and folktale have lessons to teach. According to the story (myth) I learned that money can't buy anything for a human being because Midas just wanted gold not needed them. It's not like he wanted gold so that he can earn money for himself. This makes me realize that not all things in life are needful, they can also be wantful. ~Lamiya Rahman
i agree with Daniela and Rohan because myths do teach us lessons and money cant replace the food that fills your stomach . I agree that what Apallo did to Midas was a good idea because that showed Midas that gold/money/riches doesn't always help you. For example in the story when the king was starving, he had nothing to eat because every thing he touched turned into gold. I was suprised when Midas didn't care aout turning his daughter into solid gold.
~Erika Amaro
You have to understand Rohan that Apollo wanted o just embarrase Midas and drill a lesson through him. Making his whole body would cause it to be yelling and Apollo did not have a temper. If you are a donkey you could just join some donkeys and if he only has donkey ears he would be between which is embarrassing.
These writings help us deal with modern times (now) because they have morals in them; they show mistakes that others made, so that we learn from it. From the story Midas, we learn that we shouldn't be greedy, and there are other written pieces too.
Myths from the Ancient Greeks can teach us a lot of things. They can also teach us a lot of things in the modern times. For example, one of the lessons was, wealth isn't always everything. By reading this story, a lot of people learned that that this lesson is true. Up to this date, a lot of people still believe this moral. I learned that everyone should always be happy with what they have, they shouldn't always expect more, because god always decides who should have more wealth and who shouldn't. Some people believe that wealth is everything,it can fulfill all of your dreams as well as your hunger. However, I believe that this isn't true because wealth can't buy everything. For example, in the story, Midas couldn't eat anything because he had the touch of gold, that is when he realized that wealth isn't everything. Yoy also never should be greedy, because it's not a good trait. This may lead people all over the world to believe that a lot of the things that people believed in the olden times are still the things that people believe today. I realized that, you should never be greedy and that wealth isn't everything. Being greedy is just being foolish. From the myths, I learned that you should always be a nice and giving person.
Myths can really help us with events that happen in the modern days. People still want gold and money which makes them greedy. In the story Midas wants a lot of gold. People in these days still want a lot of gold. Maybe if they read this story they wouldnt like gold asthey used to. That would affect them. Midas learned his lesson. Even I don't like money as much as I used to. This story changed me in one point. It might change other people too.
I concur with you Erika because I also think what apollo did was wise. Because of King Midas' golden touch problem, he was unable to eat food and didn't get any nutrients. Apollo made King Midas realize how greedy the king was.
The writing from Ancient Greek myths teach us how to deal with our modern times because even though these stories are very old, we can learn many lessons. For example, in Midas, we learned valuable lessons like gold isn't everything. Today, people also care about riches and gold, so we can learn that gold isn't or entire life. Plus, we can learn that family is more important then gold, which many people forget today. When Midas insulted Apollo, we know not to insult people because it's rude, and there is always a price to every mistake. The concept of themes and morals is to learn a lesson of life and to make life valuable and important.
Shayan i concur and differ. Your statement is true but half of it was wrong. Apollo did it to show that he would do it again if he became selfish or greedy again. (at least thats what i think
FAHIM AHMED
Amoni it wasnt really a curse apollo put on midas. Midas was to greedy he was being to sure of it and it was midas's personality that affected his wish in to turning it bad.
Life has a lot of fortune in life, those who are full of wealth and those who are in poverty. From the story "Midas" he was full of wealth but he wanted more things to have in life. Not all people believe in the same quote in life " A penny saved is a penny earned." This makes me realize that wealth doesn't matter in life but you should be glad in what you have because gold and money aren't important in life. They are just a waste of life and a waste of money. Gold isn't precious all the time but life is precious for those who don't care for want able things.
~Lamiya Rahman
Fahim, I beg to differ because Amoni is right saying Apollo put a curse on Midas. Apollo was wiser and knew that Midas believed it was a powerful gift, because Apollo would most likely have cursed Midas for being rude. To add on to what you said Lamiya, I think that when Midas turned his daughter to gold and walked away without a care about her daughter, it teaches us that walking away from the person who was closest to you only for gold isn't right and that family comes before anything else in life.
Tazrean, back then "curses" are what was meant for other people to believe the things that they are doing wrong, and now curses don't even exist. What Apollo was trying to teach Midas is that you shouldn't be rude to others and you should be happy with the things that you already have because as you said Tazrean parts of family come before gold. (Midas doesn't really have a family) It teaches people in modern times (now) that certain things are not important in life which now in this case, its gold. ~~~~Lamiya Rahman
T wasnt a curse it was a lesson to be learned. He deserved it. A curse would make him have it forever. A curse is like i dont know umm (fantasy) going in a forbidden place.
my bad for the beginning Tazrean it
FAHIM AHMED
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I think that these fables teach us during this time period that every precious thing is not important in life. Midas only wanted more gold and he was careless to his poor daughter who turned into a gold statue. The gold may have filled his heart with joy but it did not fill his stomach with food. This makes me realize that life comes before precious things because they aren't important but just a waste of want able things. Life is more important but for those who are greedy don't even deserve to have all things in life. ~ Lamiya Rahman
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I also did not read the book but from what I heard is that myths can always teach us a lesson even if it is not true. Sometimes myths can teach us a life lesson that we can always learn from and that we should always remember that lesson.
In life, there is always something that we want in life; everything we love to have but not all the time. I also concur with you Alvy because there is always something to teach or a lesson learned from myths.
I think ancient myths help us by teaching things. It teaches how life truly should be. It can help change the world with these myths.
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