HUMA 1710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Croesus, Peisistratos, Wisdom Literature
5 Dec 2013
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1/9/2012 4:10:00 pm: (10 marks) using your lecture notes, describe the transmission of what we call aesop"s fables. 2. (10 marks) using examples from your course readings, describe the similarities and differences between a fable and a parable. Archaic - 750-510bce: homer, hesiod, sappho, aesop. Classical - 510-323bce: rise of athens to death of alexander. Hellenistic - 323-146 or 31bce: (from death of alexander to death of cleopatra) Don"t need to memorize but its just an idea. Alexander the great (356-323bce): conquers regions east to border of india: library at alexandria: Creatively imitate greeks in their own literature; greek rhetoric essential for roman education. Aspect of greek culture (especially philosophy) taken up by romans (including jews) and christianized. Have studied historical prose; lyric poetry; epic poetry. Some forms die out; other develop (novel) Proverb: short and clever, some obvious truth, gives guidance for behavior. Parables (throwing alongside): popular invented short stories that give truth about human nature by comparison.
