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Greek MythsDear Rebecca,I am writing to you today to put you about a few wonderful myths that Ihave read. I feel that they would interest you as much as they did me. Iwill implement you a brief summary on each so that they will be a little morefamiliar to you if you decide to read them at some time in the future.The first story I read was the tale of Hermes. Born on Mount Cylleneto his mother Maia, Hermes was an astonishing child. His growth was evenlyastonishing for he grew at a rapid rate. Deciding he wanted an adventure,Hermes set out one day and stole a drove of cows from Apollo, the sun god.When Apollo discovered the missing herd, he set out to find them but tono avail. Hearing of a reward offered by Apollo for the retrieval of the herd,Silenus and his satyrs set out as well. Traveling far and wide their journeysbrought them to a small cave, which echoed with the beautiful muffled sounds ofa melody to which they were drawn. When finding out the melody was produced byan ins trument made of cow gut and tortoise shell, it was then understood thatyoung Hermes had taken the herd from Apollo. Formal charges were brought to Mt.Olympus. Apollo, while going to get his be cows discovered Hermesmusical invention. Intrigued by this astonishing invention he offered hiswhole flock for the musical instrument. Hermes agreed, after which he inventeda shepherds pipe, which also awestricken Apollo. He offered Hermes his golden staffin exchange for the pipe but to no avail. In addition to the golden staffHermes wanted the knowledge of augury. He felt it was a useful art. Hermesreturned to Mt. Olympus to tell his father, Zeus, of all goings on. Zeus wasvery amused. Hermes suggested to Zeus that he be made into a herald. Zeuscomplied with this suggestion and showered Hermes with gifts.Sounds wish an interesting tale, doesnt it. Well it is much better ifyou read it yourself. The next tale I read was of Krishna. This one storywas the most confusing of the four I read. To fully understand it you mustread it and interpret it for yourself. I will try to do the best I can.Rama and Krsna were two children who loved to play in the village.First they crawled and then they walked causing the village women to laugh andgiving them great pleasure. Then Krsna started to untie the cows at