Mythology — cop.1989 (Houghton Mifflin Literature)
Аннотация: When you were younger, you probably read and heard various fairy tales and folktales. These tales, filled with magical creatures and adventures, were meant to entertain. But they were also meant to instruct a person in proper behavior:Be kind, courteous,loyal,clever,obendient...or else see what can happen! These tales have survived tellings and retellings for hundreds of years. Myths come to us from even older times. Most Greek myths are at least two thousand years old. They, too, were meant to entertain, instruct, and often ex[lain. These myths give a clear picture of the gods and tell how people should behave to please them. Many of the myths describe what happened to those who displeased the gods or who aspired to perform actions of which only the gods were capable
