CLA 2323 Midterm: CLA 2323 Midterm.doc

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 2323
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Story as a part of a public speech-very important at the time. Plato was the 1st to distinguish the differences in the ideas of logos and mythos. Mythos is a false story (sometimes with connections to reality) Aristotle referred mythos as the plot of a story (narrative structure). Modern definition: an untrue story or traditional story. Acceptable definition: a socially powerful traditional story about the divine and heroic deeds. Settings are usually beyond human chronology and unapproachable places. Nothing grows because the fertility of the earth is lost. This explains the concept of birth and rebirth. Explains analogous to science, etiology (explanation and origin of things)/aetiology. Characters are heroes: noble humans of high status. Characters are ordinary humans, animals, and imaginary beings. Example: in the odyssey there is the witch that turns people into animals. Motif 1: compelled to seek an object/ and overcome a terrifying enemy / monster.