Greek Myths • Famous Stories, Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece

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[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Man I loved Greek Mythology in grade 9. Like some kinda soap opera with intermeshed relations and plots.

It wasn't until much later that I came across my favourite though, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_(mythology) in part because of so many great paintings, including this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_and_Galatea_(G%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_painting) , in part because of the evolution of the myth through adaptations, and in part because of the story of creation from the hands of man, whether it's Frankenstein, HAL 9000, Max Headroom, etc. (Or my own creation, vHOPE, in the book I'm working on.)

[–]SecretlyHistoric[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Pygmalion is definitely one of the more interesting myths. There are quite a few ways to interpret the original myth! The 'creation from the hands of man' theme seems mainly to predominate in stories of horror or dystopia, despite the fact that the Pygmalion doesn't really have elements of either. Makes one wonder if we've become more jaded.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

"Predominate"? Maybe. Horror and dystopia seem to be everywhere.

Sure Max Headroom has elements of dystopia, but it's also fun.

My Fair Lady is a horror... to feminists.

Ex Machina... I liked her better with her skin off. I don't know what that says about me.