CLA204H1 Lecture : CLA204 Lecture 1 Notes
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M thos (ancient greek) story , plot of a narrative. Myth a traditional story of collective (social) importance character, plot, temporal and special setting. M thos (story) + logos (account) = study of myth , mythology. Mythical place ie. garden paradise, world of the dead, etc. set in distant past or time so long ago when humans did not exist. Circulation of myth: oral (orpheus, homer, hesiod) literary (ovid, euripides) artistic. Media (sculptures, paint) dance versions (ballet, tragedy, musical/opera) storytellers vs. authors: orpheus (traditional, mythical, homer (greek, 8th c. bce, hesiod (~700 bce) Euripides (athenian, 5th c. bce) changes the emphasis of myths to speak to audience: ovid (roman, 43 bce - 17 ce) universe story is very different from. Hesiod"s: apollodorus (greek, 1st or 2nd c. ce, hyginus (roman, 2nd c. ce) catasterism transformation into a star become a constellation (heroes, etc. ) theodicy divine justice . Ovid (march, 43 bce) aristocrat father wanted him to become a politician.
