C C 303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dramatization, Exaggeration, Symposium

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: Classical Civilization
• Course: C C 303
• Professor: Todd Curtis

Document Summary

Origins of greek myth: near eastern (anatolia, levant, mesopotamia, egypt), minoan, Myth-telling in greek history (archaic period 700-500 bc, classical period 500-323 bc, Contexts of myth-telling: epic, lyric, tragedy, satyr, comedy, history,philosophy; Short answer questions: give at least three examples of primary sources of evidence for greek myth. Homer"s iliad and odyssey; and homeric hymns. Euripides"s tragedies such as bacchae and medea. Or sculpture, vase paintings, coin, and manuscripts: based on your readings, give three examples of the different origins of greek myths. Preliterate: stories passed down are not as distinctive, changes by storyteller. Literate: has different types of prose which allows different thoughts and interpretations. Minoan (3,500-1,100 bc) and mycenaean culture (1600 to 1100 bc) Many mycenaean population-centres whose political importance declines (orchomenos in boiotia, tiryns and mycenae in argolid)-figures prominent in greek myths; suggests a strong mycenaean influence on the stories. Can"t demonstrate the point clearly because of lack of written mycenaean evidence.