The Three Myth's 2

The three myths I chose to read were Amphion, Linus, and Marsyas. Although very short, all of them had a story write about. It was interesating to see how in two out of the three myths, the main character gets punished with death instead of honor and glory. In the story of Linus, it states that "Linus roused the anger of Hercules, who struck him with his lyre and Killed him." (p.155) Marsyas ended up the same way Linus did. He (Marsyas) was tempted to challenge apollo himself to a musical contest. "The god of course triumphed, and punished Marsyas by flaying him alive." (P. 155). There are still though, just as many myths with positive endings as there are with negative. In the story of Amphion, Amphion ends up being king. "Amphion, having become king of Thebes, fortified the city with a wall." (P. 155). This proves that the main character doesn't always come out winning. As you can tell, both Linus and Marsyas were killed by gods, meaning that they had to have done something wrong. Or maybe the myth's were just trying to show us what the fury of a god could cause. Like I said, there has to be meaning to why sometimes these stories show a character prevailing, while others show the character failing.