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Cronus—overthrowing his father, swallowing his children as Rhea, his wife, gives birth; Zeus– forcing Cronus to vomit up his siblings; Prometheus—chained to a rock with an eagle picking at his innards; Demeter—in mourning four months of the year, leaving fields barren because Hades abducted her daughter, Persephone; the Furies and the Fates—could anyone ask for more drama? Using Edith Hamilton’s perspective, we will discuss the necessity and history of myth, the “family tree” and view mythology as a rich, complex, social and ethical fabric.
