![]() ![]() The Judeo-Christian tradition considers Adam as the father of all humanity. Zeus and Hera, the first couple according to the Greeks, seated together on the east frieze of the Parthenon, from about 435 BC. To the Greeks, they were the first couple, a match for the Adam and Eve of Genesis. (Mary Harrsch/ CC BY NC SA 2.0 ) Zeus and Hera – the Original Occupants of the Gardenīoth the ancient commentator Apollodorus and the Greek playwright Euripides describe Zeus and Hera as the original occupants of the Garden of the Hesperides. Greek made in Paestum South Italy 350-340 BC Terracotta. Oil Jar (lekythos) with the serpent-entwined apple tree in the Garden of the Hesperides. ![]() Immortality, the Elixir of Life and the Food of the Gods.Divine, Forbidden and Dangerous? Magic Apples in Ancient Mythology.The Book of Genesis doesn’t say what kind of fruit it was: It’s from the Greek tradition we get the idea that Eve ate an apple. The Greeks remembered the original paradise, calling it the Garden of the Hesperides, always depicting it with a serpent-entwined apple tree. While Genesis describes the early events and people in humanity’s past, the Greeks depicted those same events and people – except from the point of view that the serpent enlightened, rather than deluded, the first couple in paradise. ![]() In fact, ancient Greek religious art connects in very significant ways with Genesis. If the early chapters of the Book of Genesis present a true account of human origins, then ancient secular human history must connect in significant ways to that account. ![]()
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