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Greek Mythology: Metamorphosis - Essay

Greek Mythology: Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis is a key element in Greek mythology. This ability to change
shape or form is a major development in the stories of Arachne, Zeus, and Daphne.
Almost all of the gods had the power of metamorphosis.
The first story was the one of Arachne. Arachne was a mortal, who was a
great weaver. She was the best of all the mortals. She even thought she was as
good as one of the gods. Nobody was as good as the gods at anything. She
thought she was as good as the god Athene. Athene was the god of arts. When
Athene heard Arachne say she was better than her, Athene challenged Arachne to a
contest. The winner would chose the losers punishment. Arachne accepted and
went first in the ...

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to marry him. The most important change was when he got his first
wife Hera. Zeus had ask Hera to marry him every year for three hundred years.
One stormy night Zeus changed into a pigeon, and flew onto a window seal near
Hera. She let what she thought was a helpless little pigeon in through the
window. She did not know it was Zeus at the time. Hera petted the bird and
told it she loved it. At that time Zeus changed into himself and Hera had to
marry him. That made her the queen of all gods. The Greeks believed in having
many wives. And the sneaky god Zeus was he had over one hundred wives, none of
them where as important as Hera.

Daphne was another example of metamorphosis. Daphne was not one of the
gods of the Pantheon. One of the gods from the Pantheon loved her, his name was
Apollo. Apollo liked chasing Daphne. Daphne did not like to run, so one day
she cried out "please turn me into a tree". Her wish was granted. She was
turned into what we know today as the ...

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Added: 8/4/2008 05:42:45 AM
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