I actually wasn't exposed to myths until I entered college. I knew who Poseidon, Athena, Zeus, Aphrodite, and other popular mythical gods and goddess' were but I didn't really study or expose myself to mythology. But taking a Humanities course in college, I was exposed to Allegory of the Cave by Plato and that myth quickly became my favorite. It is an allegory of how humans are only subjected to what they perceive by sight which blinds us and holds us back sometimes. We don't really expose ourselves to the greater presence, only by what in shown in front of us. But the allegory also presents a scenario of what it would be like if humans were able to see beyond what is in front of them and explore the reality of the outside world. Myths are not my greatest forte along with poems but I will make an exception for Allegory of the Cave.
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