My goal was to get from Panchatatra to Zeus in 4 clicks, as these stories are related to Aesop's Fables, which are Greek, which would lead to Greek mythology, which would lead to Zeus. I made it!
I started with Panchatatra, which is another name for the Tales of Bidpai, which are pretty much the equivalent of Western civilization's Aesop's Fables. Most of them involve animals in some capacity, most often as main roles. They all have some sort of moral meant to be learned, as well as some humorous elements.
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| An illustration of another famous Bidpai Tale. |
From there, I went to Aesop's Fables. This page just outlined the history of the Fables, their main themes, and the speculation about Aesop himself, who was a slave.
On to Ancient Greece. This page was fascinating - I did not read all of it as it would have taken hours and I would have been lost deep in the rabbit hole, but considering how essential ancient Greece was to so much of our human knowledge base, this was one of my favorite pages encountered in this exercise overall.
On to Ancient Greece. This page was fascinating - I did not read all of it as it would have taken hours and I would have been lost deep in the rabbit hole, but considering how essential ancient Greece was to so much of our human knowledge base, this was one of my favorite pages encountered in this exercise overall.
And then onto Zeus! It only took three clicks, which was less than I thought it would. This page just talks about the great Greek god king, and all of his various adventures, powers, and children with various and many females.
It's a lot of fun to start with somewhere and have a goal at the end, trying to get there in as few clicks as possible. It's pretty much creating the Wiki Game for yourself!
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