CLASSICS 2D03 Midterm: CLASSICS-2D03-Test-1-Review
4 Jan 2017
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Myth: myth = oral stories (stories, lore, ideology, fantasy, often difficult to define and interpret, myths help describe names (ex. Oedipus), the natural world (stars, heavens, volcanoes), rituals, behaviour (ex. love), geography/ politics (athens vs. Pandora"s box: myths are handed down over generations, anonymous, very fluid, mythology = recording, compiling, tradition, reception, mythos: story, speech, word vs logos: truthful account, civilized, sources: vase paintings, sculptures, frescoes, mosaics, myths are stories: characters, plot, setting. Ancient greece: timeline: bronze age- dark age- archaic period- classical period, attica: athens peloponnesus: sparta, corinth, argos, olympia, mycenae. Xenophanes: we create myths, and we create gods out of our own image. Euhemerus: all things are historical, but over time they become fantastic myths. Literature and poets: homer, hesiod, sappho (woman), ovid (comical), vergil. Cosmogony: kosmos = world, the existence in which we live. Hesiod: first poet to systematically explain the cosmos, god, and origins of humans.
