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[Hynad]

Samus Aran said:

Hynad said:

Samus Aran said:

You can't compare Greek, Chinese and Roman religion/mythology with comic book characters. Greeks, for instance, invented tragedy, and those always ended in a tragedy for the main character(s). And tragedies heavily drew on mythology(also on history).

The appeal of superheroes in comic books is NOT universal. We're not talking about religion here. 

Religion, by definition, needs something higher than human beings. Comic books need no such thing. 

You're kidding, right? xD

Man, go back to your history books, and come back once you've acknowledged yourself with those mythology. OK?

Seriously. xD

I've read most of the mythology stories already. ;) 

Scored 9/10 on the course Greek literature at my university, I don't think I need lecturing from some kid online. 

Why would I need to read history books to "acknowledge" myself with mythology? Much better to just read the damn thing yourself lol. 

In the Iliad and the Odyssee the gods are as petty as human beings with the same flaws. The only difference is that the gods are immortal and powerful. They aren't freaking Mary Sue type characters like Superman with his sickening "perfect" morals. Zeus, the king of the Gods, still gets tricked quite easily by Hera. 

Perhaps you should actually start reading something from antiquity before commenting on such things. 

A kid? That's how you argue with people here? Considering your behaviour on VGC, this is not surprising. 

The anthropomorphism present in the Greek myths is proof enough that super human beings appealed to the people. There's a need to put the human race as more than it is. That they believed those myths to be the truth or not has no bearing in all this. These gods and heroes are on most occasion anthropomorphized rendition of physical concepts and moral principles. They're role models, have super/divine powers, many have secret identities (often, for reasons similar to those of some superheroes), etc. The comparison between the two is innevitable. Even if both didn't originally serve the same purpose, they put to light the need for humans to aspire to something greater, to have someone to look up to, to inspire hope, to elevate the race as something more and make the impossible possible in apprence, etc. 

As for what you mentioned about Zeus being tricked by Hera, what's your point? Superman isn't perfect either. He gets tricked pretty often. In fact, he's an idealist and has a certain naivety because of that. Which leads him into situations where he gets tricked.

And tragedies? Really? They support my position, actually. There's nothing that move people more than to see their heroes stumble and fail. Super man V.2 #75 is further proof of that. ^_-

Perhaps you should actually start reading some comic books before commenting on such things.

 

And learn how to cut the quote trees. Basic forums etiquette 101.