CLA204H5 Lecture 3: Cla204 Lecture 1-3
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Intro to myth (what is myth/why is myth?) Classics greek and roman worlds from ancient perpecives. Up until 750 bce exclusively part of oral culture. When nestor first wrote his name on the cup (learned to write), oral tradition began to change to written. Once stories were written, they were fixed right story. Mythopoeia modern day myth maker (i. e, tolkien, rowling, etc. ) 1) the big question /mystical (the unanswerable questions) 2) cosmological cosmos = world: arrangement /order, boundary conditions of the universe (i. e, why is the world like this, why is it three fold? ) 3) sociological: physis = nature, how we impose on nature, nomos norms, rules of society , * pedagogical to learn about oneself. 4) psychological how i" relate to: myself, others, civilization individual dream is a personal myth. Sir arthur evans, excavated crete, called civilization minoans: linear a (form of writing, linear b (mycenians) (proto-greek) 323 31 hellenistic (like greek)
