![]() They form the foundations and scaffolding of the beliefs that shape our politics and our lives. 2 The Greek and Roman myths have become embedded in, and an influential part of, our culture. What makes a myth a myth, rather than just a story, is that it has been told and retold over the centuries and has become meaningful to a culture or community. I still love the way that myths open up new ways of looking at the world. I liked knowing that the eyes on the peacock’s tail are there because when a beloved giant of Hera, the queen of the gods, had been killed, she plucked out his hundred eyes and placed them, in tribute, on her favorite bird. ![]() No one does power and rebellion and love and loathing quite like the gods and mortals of ancient mythology. ![]() W HEN I WAS A GIRL I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO READ A BOOK called the Tales of the Greek Heroes. the old men of Thebes on Antigone in Sophocles’s Antigone ![]() Clearly the girl has a fierce spirit.… She does not yet know how to submit to bad circumstances. ![]()
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