I have been and will be fascinated by Epics again and again ..such as Ramayana, Mahabharatha , Illiyad, Odyssey , Ayenid .. !! They tell you stories about the brave and heroic adventures of great men or Gods and their travails in achieving the greatness!!
Recently ,i had a flash ,that,how similar were these epics, that too epics from varying and ancient cultures of the world. The main crux is about two kingdoms,abducting the woman protagonist or insulting her is the undercurrent,how friendships are bonded and lastly how god triumphs over evil .
For instance take Ramayana .,The story revolves around Goddess Sita who gets abducted and there is a similar story- line to Cypria (by Stasinus ) on how Helen goes to Troy and ignites a battle of great proportions.
The Great Hercules was also very similar to Bhima and Dharma of Mahabharatha in brawn and brain respectively !
Another instance , The great Achilles dies in a similar way to Lord Krishna , on getting shot by an arrow in his heal !!!!. If you read them thoroughly there were Greek warriors who cannot be killed by anyone like Greater Ajax ( who killed himself ) who is similar to "Pitamahar" Bhismar in Mahabharatha ( he had a boon that he can die only if he wants too).Kingdom was Troy was similar to Srilanka from Ramayana.The Greek City states who became united for the war against Troy were similar to the Kingdoms which became united in Mahabharatha to fight against Kauravas.
Infact the Greek and Roman Epics, to name Ayenid , Cypria ,Illiad, Aethiopis,Little Illiad,lliou persis, Nostoi , Odyssey and Telegony to me it appears as fragments of Mahabharatha and Ramayana put together .
Ramayana and Mahabharatha are ageless, The Greek were recent compared to them , in my perspective, the great Greek poets and scholars were greatly impressed by the Indian epics and they wrote their versions of the same .
The above is true for epics around the world .
The Great Greek Gods and Heroes,especially Achilles in Troy has made the same impact as the epics Ramayana and Mahabharatha.
"Be Brave,Be Strong,Be Magnanimous"!
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