Greek Mythology, Hesiod’s Five Ages of Man, and the Story of Zeus and Other Olympic Deities

Uploaded by : Essays-Now.com

In five pages this paper compares Hesiod’s Five Ages of Man with Ovid’s Four Ages of Mankind creation myth; and also compares and contrasts the story of Zeus with Olympic deities Poseidon and Hades in order to examine why their interactions with Zeus and stories about their origins are important to understanding Greek mythology. Three sources are listed in the bibliography.