Midas and the Golden Touch
“He wishes to flee riches and hates that which he had just asked.” It is part of our fallen human nature to see something harmful as good.
“He wishes to flee riches and hates that which he had just asked.” It is part of our fallen human nature to see something harmful as good.
The Christian takes the Greek myth by the hand, so to speak, and leads him to Jesus. Ovid makes some fine points, but only Christians can take those points to their proper destination in the truth of Holy Scripture.
Why study Greek and Roman mythology? Three reasons come to mind.