SOSC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Iliad
21 Jul 2016
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Mythology and logic are seen as two separate distinct things, but at root are interchangeable (goulding). Mythology was and continues to be a strong part of greek culture and heritage. Mythology was used to explain things that seemed unexplainable. Why certain weather conditions exist, why certain people are bestowed in certain ways and even where the world comes from, mythology offers a direct explanation but obviously includes fictional concepts and spiritual explanation. On the other hand logic looks at the same problems and provides a rational explanation. Although they give different reasoning for the same thing mythos and logos rely on each other. Logos derives from all mythos and helps better reasoning. Logos started coming into play by the pre-socratic thinkers in 6th century bce. The iliad told the story of the trojan war, deeply described the battles and the defeats. Both epics described tales of human battles with the gods and human success.
