This essay cites works which are included within a book entitled Classical Mythology: Images & Insights by Stephen L. Harris and Gloria Platzner. Published by McGraw-Hill Co. New York, NY 2004. The works used are Theogony and Works and Days by Hesiod, and the stories of Dionysus paralled to Jesus Christ.
Greek Myth and Christianity
Mythology in Greek and Roman history were used to try and explain their surroundings. Because of their lack of scientific knowledge they attributed much of nature, both human and physical, to be controlled by these deities. Whether it was because of ig…
