[ENGB30H3] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (44 pages long)
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Lecture 1: the when and where of classical mythology. Homer and hesiod wrote their works in the archaic period because the greek alphabet was created: writing was now possible. Classical period was the apex of greek culture: alexander the great died in 323 bc. Not only united the greek peninsula but he expanded east. Spatially, there was very little in the mediterranean that the greeks and. Romans were unfamiliar with: they sailed all around the mediterranean. What is a myth: cultural, legend that isn"t true, stories that withstood the test of time, values, beliefs, and history of a culture. Authoritative speech (homer) (untrue) story as opposed to logos (resoned) account (pindar; Myth is linked to tradition and the people in a culture: a myth cannot be made by one person. Lecture 3: myths about the creation of mankind. According to ovid: first version of the myth is page 5-6. Human beings are closely linked to the divine.
