CLT 3370 Lecture 1: Mythology Wk 1
30 Aug 2016
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Wars, adventures, foundation and destruction of cities, love, marriage, betrayal. Time- in a remote part of outside human chronology. Place- location familiar to the audience, in the real world; an inaccessible place or a fictional world. Myth is orally transmitted (we have written texts abt mythological stories, but myths predate them) Myth is a trad story, handed over from a storyteller to another over the centuries. Serves as a model for members of a group. Myth is anonymous and subjected to change during oral transmission. Why the world is the way it is. Mythos- story,speech: no author, sources, claims of authenticity, or plausibility, etiology- cause . Logos- word, speech, account: teller of logos takes responsibility for the truth of what he says, soruces, docs, rational arguments. Ppl lived in settled communities, practiced a rudimentary ag. Grk mainland seems to be inhabited by modest farmers who worshipped goddesses of fertility; we know nothing of their lang.
