CLAA06H3 Lecture : claa06h3 -04-04-2012.docx
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Greek myth is more specific- same gods acting in different stories. Myth and religion so strong for the greeks, very interconnected. Greeks used face painting and sculptures to represent gods. Ovid, homer, took the myth from moral tradition and transformed it and made the myth match his literary purpose. Apollo changing danae- what happened to them?- all these missing variants. Discussion of myth is the discussion of language- mythos - word. Common structure of language in human mind (syntax0. We learn to adjust this particular language in infancy. Religion is keen on being true, myth isn"t. Plato- banned poets from the ideal city in his book the republic. He said that the poets told untrue stories that made the residents forget their duties. Eytmologies widely appreciated- liked to connect specific heroes to words they knew and made stories- folk etymology is not necessarily true.