/lit/ - Literature

Why was he such an irredeemable bastard?
Did the Greeks think he was an asshole too? Or am I just completely misunderstanding ancient value systems / morality.

Did the whole Cronus situation make him the way he is?

Why don't we start worshipping Greek gods again?

>discuss

>there are people who still have emotional ties to christianity
Literal babies. I have no idea why it's so hard for people to accept that Christianity was a mistake, and that the entire thing is nothing more than metaphysical nonsense.

If you're really in need of a religion, however, I recommend paganism. Christianity owes all of its major philosophical thought to pagans.
Check this guy out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemistus_Pletho
>Zeus as supreme sovereign, containing within himself all being in an undivided state; his eldest child, motherless, is Poseidon, who created the heavens and rules all below, ordaining order in the universe. Zeus' other children include an array of "supercelestial" gods, the Olympians and Tartareans, all motherless.

What's your favorite greek myth /lit/?

Why?