CLCV 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Theocritus, Hylas, Odysseus
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Multiple choice = 38, but only have to answer 35. Supply one story or one myth and to talk about it. Art: fifth century cup, you see a shepherd/cowherd sitting down, the cup itself is shaped in the form of a hoof. It is more than just a setting and more than just a genre: can be a myth because it encodes attitudes about the relation between man and nature, the city, and love. Theocritus: a hellenistic poet, meaning after the death of alexander, think he is from sicily, because he said he is from the place of the cyclops. Lived in the 3rd century: could have lived in cos and alexandria. Theocritus specifically distances himself from the notion of myth as a story. Idylls: epic and pastoral contrast, the battle with odysseus and the cyclops is in the background.
