Athena and Kain: The True Meaning of Greek Myth. This item is unavailable.Athena and Kain: The True Meaning of Greek Myth

Without the early events described in Genesis as a guide, Greek vase-paintings and sculptures present us with an amalgam of ambiguous elements that we just can't figure out, despite the fact that the ancient Greeks created the living basis of our culture. But with Genesis as a frame of reference, ancient Greek art and myth begin to make sense to us. No longer trapped in a fuzzy mental realm full of perplexing gods and befuddling stories, we begin to see the remarkably clear and coherent messages painted on vases and carved in marble by our ancestors.

The best part comes when we see that this new understanding is not so much profound as it is obvious. The Greek gods looked exactly like humans because most of them were, in fact, the Greeks' own deified ancestors who included Adam (Zeus), Eve (Hera), Kain (Hephaistos), Seth (Ares), Noah (Nereus), Cush (Hermes), and Nimrod (Herakles).

Why Kain instead of Cain? The Greek Scriptures (Matthew to Revelation) were originally written in uppercase Greek. The name of the man, Kain, written as KAIN, appears three times (Hebrews 11:4, John 3:12, and Jude 11). On the Francois vase from the 6th century BC, a certain man being pounded into the ground by Kentaurs is identified as KAINEUS. Both names refer to the same man. Keeping the original spelling helps maintain a connection that is essential to understanding the basic truth of ancient Greek religion: it chronicles the reestablishment of the way of Kain after the Flood.

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