CLA204H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cronus, Hekatonkheires, Hydria
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Has a plot: narrative structure (beginning, middle, end), characters (gods + goddesses, humans, animals), action (conflict resolution) Setting: time (distant past), and place (actual or obscure ) Types of myths: divine myth (of supernatural beings, different place and time, explains our world) Legend myth (human characters heroes/heroine, takes place in the present, explains the events of human past), folktale (characters are normal humans or animals [fables], entertains audience with an explanation of human behaviours) Sources of myths: greek myths (gods, humans and the world origin from greece), roman myths (rome"s foundation, religious institutions) Purpose of myths in ancient greece: teaches human truths that last throughout the ages (cheating husbands, revenge, murder), explains the unexplainable (where we came from, why we live, etc. ), used to elevate ones status in the eyes of the pubic (alexander etc. ) Creation myths: (chaos then gaia = tatarus, eros and mountains) Gaea + pontus = pegasus, greyon, cerebus, hydria, chimera, sphinx.
