What is fate? Do you believe in fate? What would you do if you knew your fate (and did not like it)? Would you try to change certain events? Would that even be possible?
Cronus ate his children because he received a prophecy that one of them was going to try to take his power. This was his attempt to avoid tragedy. Was he really able to keep that prophecy from coming true though? No. Zeus, his youngest son, later plotted against Cronus, freeing the rest of the trapped children. Zeus ultimately overpowered his father and became king of the gods!
There's a saying that hindsight is 20/20, meaning that we can understand an event only after it has happened. If Cronus could go back in time, do you think he would have decided against eating his children? How would the world be if the story about Pandora was true and she kept that box closed? Could there really be a world free of all "bad things"? How does hope make those "bad things" easier to tolerate? Is it foolish to have hope, or is it necessary to have hope?
As you can see, this update is more a series of questions than statements, because with Greek mythology, sometimes that's all we're left with in the end!
-Ms. Sanford
Cronus ate his children because he received a prophecy that one of them was going to try to take his power. This was his attempt to avoid tragedy. Was he really able to keep that prophecy from coming true though? No. Zeus, his youngest son, later plotted against Cronus, freeing the rest of the trapped children. Zeus ultimately overpowered his father and became king of the gods!
There's a saying that hindsight is 20/20, meaning that we can understand an event only after it has happened. If Cronus could go back in time, do you think he would have decided against eating his children? How would the world be if the story about Pandora was true and she kept that box closed? Could there really be a world free of all "bad things"? How does hope make those "bad things" easier to tolerate? Is it foolish to have hope, or is it necessary to have hope?
As you can see, this update is more a series of questions than statements, because with Greek mythology, sometimes that's all we're left with in the end!
-Ms. Sanford