01:190:207 Lecture 1: Lecture 1
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Myth is still almost everywhere in our culture and it is still relevant. Not having the answer before asking the question. Daughter of agenor, king of tyre, who was kidnapped by zeus and brought to crete. Sister of cadmus, the founder of the greek city thebes. Mother of minor, king of crete and step-father of the minotaur. Born 484 bce in halicarnassus (modern day turkey) The "father of history" who presented the persian wars as a conflict between "eastern barbarians" and "western greeks" Used in the roman empire for the region now known as bulgaria. Name "europeans" first used in 754 to describe western christians. Used for the territory of the empire of charlemagne in 8th century. 2006 movie based on a graphic novel written by frank miller in. The graphic novel is in turn at least indirectly based on herodotus.
