Greek Mythology: A Fascinating Guide to Understanding the Ancient Greek Religion with Its Gods, Goddesses, Monsters and Mortals (Greek Mythology - Norse Mythology - Egyptian Mythology Book 1) by Matt Clayton

Author:Matt Clayton [Clayton, Matt]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-03-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5 — The Ages of Man

The earliest age of man was called the Golden Age. This was during the time of Cronus. His rule brought great prosperity to the world and the gods lived amongst the humans.

The Silver Age came during the rule of Zeus. When the humans refused to worship Zeus, he destroyed them. The few humans who were sturdy enough to survive were warriors. Because these men were destructive, Zeus decided to destroy them, as well. And thus, the Bronze Age of man came to an end, because Zeus sent a great flood to rid the world of them.

Two people survived that great flood. They were named Deucalion and Pyrrah. On the command of Zeus to repopulate the world, these two turned stones into humans. The hardness of the stones thus came to represent the hardness of their lives in the new Heroic Age. To Zeus’s delight, the men of this age held great honor and humble worship of the gods.

But like all artifacts of the physical world, the Heroic Age died out and Zeus created yet another group of humans. This was the Iron Age, the most brutal age of them all.

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