Myths Blog 3

1. Latona And The Rustics: Like most myths this tale restates that the gods will punish foolish humans ans stress social values/skills. Also as a myth is explain the origins of the frog or the frog temple.

2. Phaeton: It explains several geographic phenomena and stresses once again the foolishness and arrongance of humans as compared to the wise gods. This myth also exposes teh personification of many things, quite present in greek mythology, making earth a character in itself (a woman as it gives life like a mother) and how several natural vegetal species are said to have once been human.

3. Midas: Midas's story, like Phaeton shows that humans pale in front of the gods, as they are offered gifts and misuse them or say unwise things when before them. All greek myths enforce standards of behavior and the magnificence of the gods.