CLAA06H3 Lecture 1: Greek Myth Midterm Prep
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Part a: terms: muthos: the (cid:449)o(cid:396)d (cid:858)(cid:373)(cid:455)th(cid:859) (cid:272)o(cid:373)es f(cid:396)o(cid:373) the g(cid:396)eek (cid:449)o(cid:396)d (cid:862)(cid:373)uthos(cid:863) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s (cid:449)o(cid:396)d, speech, tale or story. Some people say that the story must have been preserved for it to be a myth. A myth may be a story that is narrated orally, but it is usually given written form. It may be told not only in words, but also in pictures, sculptures, etc. Myth/myth proper/saga/legend: used p(cid:396)i(cid:373)a(cid:396)il(cid:455) fo(cid:396) sto(cid:396)ies (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:396)(cid:374)ed (cid:449)ith the gods(cid:859) a(cid:374)d hu(cid:373)a(cid:374)ki(cid:374)d(cid:859)s (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)s (cid:449)ith the(cid:373). Aga (cid:396)(cid:396) lege(cid:374)d has a pe(cid:396)(cid:272)epti(cid:271)le (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)ship to history. Examples of myths are stories like the helen of troy, etc. Myths are important because they portray to us the importance and culture of ancient greece. An example of anthropomorphism in greek mythology is that the olympians such as athena and zeus have a very human-like form. And example of animism would be oceanus, who is imagined to be a vast stretch of blue waters.