CLAS 1P95 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gusle, Rhapsode, Theogony
22 Sep 2016
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Mythos: an utterance: a report you hear. Logos: an utterance: potentially subjects to some sort of proof. Mythos: came to mean a false statement of belief. But, in fact, a mythic may be true or false: the key point is that a mythos is not easy to prove or disprove. Generally you accept it or not: think: social media. Love: ask a psychologist, neurochemicals, social customs. Ask a poet : watch a movie or listen to songs. Raises the issues in one of the earliest greek mythic poems. Proem ( theogony ii, 1-115: innovation to the muses, daughters of zeus - chief god. The muses and mnemosyne: goddess of memory. Muses: sing and dance, knows everything, inspire poets and artists, inspiration, they give you ideas and creativity. Muses + poets: muses can speak lies that sounds like the truth and the truth if they wish. Myths: more serious , complex stories, more developed characters, many themes.
