Modern Religious Experience: The Morality of Greek Myths- Reflection #6

Modern Religious Experience: The Morality of Greek Myths- Reflection #6: "The Creation of Seasons: Demeter and PersephoneFor this reflection, upload a picture that represents your character in the Greek myth you pr..."

I choose Hermes, not because I am an amazing savior, but because his character displays an enormous amount of leadership.

In the skit that my group performed, Hades, the god of the underworld captures Persephone, the daughter of Demeter. Hades takes Persephone to the underworld, where he intends to rule with her by his side. After Demeter becomes aware that Hades has taken his daughter, he orders Hermes to go and retrieve the daughter. Hermes successfully retrieves Persephone, but all realize that Hades has tricked Persephone into eating poisonous pomegranate seeds, which force her to stay in the underworld for 7 months of the year.

The morals that can be extracted from this story are endless. However, there is one that seems to be more prominent than others; to always have your guard up. A moral that can be connected to the Greeks through the understanding of this story is that they were trusting, but yet intelligent people. Even when something bad happened, they came together to help one another with the issue; like Hermes did.

One could learn that you should never lower your guard to someone, even your family when you are unsure of something. Always be careful when trusting others. You can never be sure of anything until proven otherwise.