Please read the passage below and, in the space provided, an…

Please read the passage below and, in the space provided, answer the following questions (writing at least one paragraph per prompt): What myth is represented in this passage? Please tell the full story of the myth, using as much detail as you can. You should include details of the myth both before and after the part of the story shown below. Identify one major theme of this myth. What is another myth you have encountered in this course that shares this theme? In what ways does this second myth address the theme you identified? Explain one thing that this passage teaches us about classical mythology in general. (This can be something about the nature of the gods, their relationships with mortals, or another aspect of the myth—but it should be different than the theme you identified above.) Use one or two specific quotations from the passage to support your answer. “Pallas imitates an old woman: she adds deceiving white hairs onto her temples and weak limbs, which she supports with a walking stick. Then, after she had started to speak, ‘ Give preference to the goddess, reckless girl, and ask for forgiveness in your own words using a voice with some humility ,’ the girl looked at her with defiance in her eyes and set down the threads she was beginning to work, and just barely restraining her hand, she betrayed a dark anger in her expression and she answered Pallas with the following words: “You come, weakened in your mind and spent with too long an old age. I have enough of my own wisdom. Why does the goddess herself not come? Why does she seek to avoid these contests?”
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