What Greek myth applies most to our current era?

In Plato's Symposium the comic writer Aristophanes tells a myth describing the origin of love. In earlier times, he explains, the humans had four arms and four legs, two heads and two genitals. read more

So the gods cut them all in half, and tied their skin at the belly button. Then they turned their faces around so the two halves could see each other. Then all the ‘halves’ just embraced each other and nothing got done. So the gods scattered the ‘halves’ all over the earth so that they would feel incomplete and seek out their other half. read more

The characters, stories, themes and lessons of Greek mythology have shaped art and literature for thousands of years. They appear in Renaissance paintings such as Botticelli’s Birth of Venus and Raphael’s Triumph of Galatea and writings like Dante’s Inferno; Romantic poetry and libretti; and scores of more recent novels, plays and films. read more