Classical Studies 2200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sparagmos, Archaic Greece, Ancient Mesopotamian Religion
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To be a story, minimally that something happened and someone did something. It doesn"t need to be a specific narrative. Traditional no text, author, only versions: variants (=versions) exist in sources; no original , myths don"t have authors; sources have authors, we had myth before we had writing. Myths exist only as versions so there is not one right version of a myth. Their versions have their existence in their sources. Story teller will tell a story that is in control of the group. Story teller is telling a story to an audience. If the audience doesn"t like it then the audience won"t pass it on and the myth won"t continue. Repeat same stories word for word: group exerts control over the story teller, oral tradition (oral means pre literate, we never write it down we practice it from memory, never the focal activity, always for some other purpose.