| Hindu epics/mythology | Greek mythology | |||||||||
| Ramayanam and Bharatham | Homer’s Iliad | |||||||||
| Bhishma – a character blessed with no defeat | Achilles – a character blessed with a boon ” born only to WIN “ | |||||||||
| Ramayanam fought for Sita who was stolen by Ravana – A war fought to regain one’s wife | Trojan war fought only to get back Helen , wife of Menelaus , stolen by Paris of Troy | |||||||||
| Duryodhan bestowed with an immortal body except for thighs by his mother thru Power of EYES | Achilles – his body was immortalised by his mother dipping him in river Styx and burning his mortal organs by fire and applying ambrosia through out his body – except for his feet which his mother had to hold while dipping in river | |||||||||
| Duryodhan was killed only after beaten at his weak point – thighs – point of vulnerability | Achilles was killed only after striking at his heel , his weak point – point of vulnerability | |||||||||
| Lord Rama could not have won Ravana without the help of Hanuman | Achilles – without him , Troy would not have fallen | |||||||||
| One belief is that what Ravana had taken was a fake Sita to Lanka – she was safe somewhere | One belief is that what Paris had taken was a fake Helen to Troy – she was safe somewhere in Egypt till Trojan war was over | |||||||||
| Pandavas were born thru Little Gods like Indra , Sun etc | Helen was born thru Zeus , same as little God as in Hindu mythology | |||||||||
| Lanka was set afire in this war by Hanuman | Troy was sent to flames by Greeks | |||||||||
| Draupathi, wife of Pandavas had in possession of fabled bowl – Akshaya pathram – which could feed with food whenever asked for – during their exile of 12 years in forests | Agamemnon had the support of Little Gods who could raise food, water from the earth to the soldiers who fought the war that had lasted for 12 years | |||||||||
B G Venkatesh
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