Cinderella

     Today, we took a test about the Cinderella Man. We wrote a paragraph at last question. While I was writing a paragraph, I was curious about the story of Cinderella. Therefore I researched about that and found out that Cinderella has thousands of variants. These are known throughout the world. I’m interested in the origin of story. Cinderella also has the origin of story. According to material, the Cinderella story may have originated in classical antiquity. The ancient Greek recorded in the 1^st century BC. The story called the story of Rhodopis. Rhodopis was a girl who lived in the Greek colony of Naucratis in Ancient Egypt. Here is the story of Rhodopis.

 

     They tell the fabulous story that, when she was bathing, an eagle snatched one of her sandals from her maid and carried it to Memphis. While the king was administering justice in the open air, the eagle, when it arrived above his head, flung the sandal into his lap. The king, having been stirred both by the beautiful shape of the sandal and by the strangeness of the occurrence, sent men in all directions into the country in quest of the woman who wore the sandal. When she was found in the city of Naucratis, she was brought up to Memphis and became the wife of the king...

 

     When I read it, I was really surprised that this story happened in Memphis of Ancient Egypt. The origin of the state of Memphis in America came from there. I think that the Cinderella and “Memphis” are very closely related to each other. It is very interesting. I want to read a lot of books and study deeply some more.