ANHS1600 Lecture 1: Foundations of Ancient Greece study notes part 1

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Ancient History
• Course: ANHS1600
• Professor: Ben

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Foundations of ancient greece study notes part 1. The greeks live like frogs around the pond. > plato. We attribute to the ancient greeks many elements of modern western culture, all of which we hold in high regard. The world of the greeks included those places where the greeks were living; legitimately or otherwise. Epic simile > a long elaborate comparison that often continues for a number of lines. It completely surpasses any simile that would have been written by humans. Trace of a moment in time when gods/divinities asked to bring info from the ancient world. Poetry purely oral context, which cannot be crafted in conditions in which we understand. Poetry not authored but a product of an ever evolving tradition of singers. We need to forget what we know about literature" as a modern term. Poetry drew upon vast storehouse of tales that belonged collectively to traditional story-tellers.