Greek Mythology.

Greek has wonderful historical heritage. Thru that way; an American novelist was release his first novel for teenager in 2005. Rick Riordan was began The Lightning Thief as a bedtime story for his son, and his son is his inspiring to write this novel. As a teacher in public and private middle school in the San Fransisco Bay Area and in Texas, he want to share his experience teach Greek Mythology. He hopefully he’d be able to get even more kids interested to read Greek Mythology.

Myth is a traditional story, which may describe the origins of the world and/or of a people. A myth is an attempt to explain mysteries, supernatural events, and cultural traditions. Sometimes sacred in nature, a myth can involve gods or other creatures. And, a myth represents reality in dramatic ways.

i have to explain about the myth, because in this book was told about the Mythology from Greece. Greek mythology speaks about the age of Gods, the age of God and men being friendly, and an age of heroes, where the presence of Gods had become limited. The Greek mythology is an essential part of Greek history, and also a part of religion for the Greeks. The Greeks took help of this mythology to talk about natural phenomenon, traditional rivalry and friendship, different cultures and they also found great pride in finding out about one’s ancestor, be it a mythological hero or God.

Greek mythology throws light on the origin of the world. It also has various accounts of the lives of many different gods, goddesses and mythological characters. Originally, the Greek mythology was in the poetic form, which has now been converted into literary forms.