CLAS 1P95 Lecture 1: CLAS iP95 – Myths of the Greeks and Roman Gods
11 Apr 2019
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Clas ip95 myths of the greeks and roman gods (sept 14th) First essay due on 9th of october. Mythos an utterance (gossip or story told and no proof is available) Logos an utterance potentially subject to some sort of proof (there is proof) Came to mean a false statement of belief. But in fact, a mythos may be true or false. The key point is that a mythos is not easy to prove or disprove. Mythos is the story but mythology is the study of that story. Watch a movie or listen to songs. Myth has a serious substrate geared to an adult audience. Characters tend to be generic (bob the peasant, the old king) Greeks don"t read their myths (they hear them spoken or sung and see them in. Greeks were aware that in myth their gods acted like and looked like human beings. The gods were originally kings whose memories were elaborated in tales.
