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'Greece is the home of the
gods; they may have died, but their presence still makes itself felt.
The gods were of human proportion: they were created out of the human
spirit.' — Henry Miller, The Colossus of Maroussi 'According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs, and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves.' ― Plato 'Roman mythology is poor, that of the Greeks superabundant. The gods of ancient Rome coincide with the functions with which they are clothed and are thus, so to speak, immobilised in them. They barely possess a body, I mean an imaginable shape. They are barely gods. On the contrary each god of ancient Greece has his physiognomy, his character, his history. He moves about, does things quite outside the mere performance of his functions. His adventures are told, his intervention in our affairs described. He lends himself to every fancy of the artist and the poet.' — Henri Bergson, The Two Sources of Morality and Religion |
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