Apollo and His Lyre: Apollo, Hermes

Author: (Greek) Stathis Stathakis
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Ancient Greece is one of the important birthplaces of European culture. The simple people of Ancient Greece passed down the immortal myths through oral recitation, endowing these mythological legends with a radiant humanistic consciousness. For the Greeks, "man and god" is an eternal theme. Man, hero, and god—man is the highest existence in the world, and god represents the ideal state of humanity.