MMW 11 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Greek Dark Ages, Voyeurism, Modern Greek Enlightenment
20 Apr 2018
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Some sides refute the claims of other sides. Important to read as many as possible to get a full view of the event. The superficial story of the myth isn"t always its purpose, the second layer may be where the purpose of the story lies. Modern myths have to be projected into the future and be seen as fictional because historians will refute anything put in the past. That wasn"t the case in ancient times. Greek enlightenment (6th - 5th c bc) Mythos, logos, and epos no longer mean the same thing. Comes after the ancient greek dark ages where they lost their writing for a very long time (results in a long gap in their history) Stories made during the dark ages were the basis of the myths that we know today. Thought that there were actual giants because the tombs of ancient kings were so massive.
