CLA 2323 Lecture 1: CLA2323 September 7 Lecture
22 Oct 2016
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Contextual approach real life, surrounding relevancy to the myths. 800 bc alphabetical writing acquired by greeks from phoenicians many upper class greeks acquired literacy without colonial bias. Literacy is often imposed by a european power with other rules (religious, etc. ) to set thus native culture often stamped out by literacy (latin. Greeks adapted it as an invention of other people. A few generations converted a storytelling culture to having it all written down. Thus, many of their stories were captured snapshot. Healthy culture when acquiring literacy why so many. Transliterate every letter to greek equivalent kadmos (buxton prefers this method) Almost any greek name can be correctly spelled two ways. Aischylos (in buxton) = aeschylus (famous ancient athenian playwright, one of the fathers of modern tragedy) Cerberus or kerberos (more closely resembles pronunciation in ancient greek) different pronunciations as a result of differing transliterations.
