CLAS 1P95 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Euhemerus, Anthropomorphism, Odysseus
23 Mar 2018
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Came to mean a false statement or belief. But in fact, a myth may be true or false. The key point is that a mythos is not easy to prove or disprove - you generally just accept it, or not. Logos: potentially subject to some sort of proof. *mythos is more powerful for human beings, than logos, especially when we"re dealing with softer topics like love, morality and justice. Raises this issue of truth and falseness in one of the earliest greek myth poems. Theogony (descent of the gods) - how gods came to be. Daughters of zeus (chief olympian god) and mnemosyne (goddess of memory) Because they have all knowledge, they can inspire poets and artists when they sing and dance. He was a shepherd and the muses came to him one day and inspired him. Muses come down and yell at him - not nice to him.
