During Ancient Greece it is believed Greek and Roman heroes were called up to intervene in all kinds of human endeavors; such as battles between peoples, or wars between nations. They are also often conscripted into worthy causes, such as the creation of a new town; laying the metaphoric foundations for what was to prosper into our contemporary major cities that we still walk in today. These stories are called founding myths, and often denote moments in a shared history when new communities arise to later became powerful and prosperous. What does the phrase “metaphoric foundations” most closely mean as it is used in the text?