CLST 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Georgics, Pharmakos, Aeneid

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 203
• Professor: Graeme Ward

Document Summary

Explains origins of a name, thing, or practice. Story = main translation mythos vs. logos (truthful account) Plato drew distinction- sa(cid:449) (cid:373)(cid:455)th as appeal to e(cid:373)otio(cid:374) thus of lo(cid:449)e(cid:396) order than logos (reasoned inquiry) Europeans drew another distinction between oral mythos and civilized logos (b/c written = proper, advanced, accounted for) Myths = not part of reality, degraded as fanciful, untrue, not sophisticated. Myth as center of science and knowledge. E. g. e(cid:374)(cid:448)i(cid:396)o(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t does(cid:374)"t defi(cid:374)e itself i(cid:374) (cid:449)este(cid:396)(cid:374) (cid:272)ultu(cid:396)e it has (cid:374)o (cid:396)ights (cid:271)/(cid:272) its (cid:374)ot ali(cid:448)e a(cid:374)d (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t thi(cid:374)k, hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)s do(cid:373)i(cid:374)ate it (cid:448)s. fi(cid:396)st nations seeing earth as alive (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge (cid:373)(cid:455)thi(cid:272) t(cid:396)aditio(cid:374) (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges ho(cid:449) we see the environment. Religion = any practice/action having something to do with gods and goddesses. Becomes myth when things are added onto the story over time. Fictional (magical animals) , no concrete time, place, secular (no gods) Painting may capture several moments @ a time.