ENGB30H3- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 52 pages long!)
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Authoritative speech (homer) (untrue) story as opposed to (cid:862)logos(cid:863), (cid:894)reaso(cid:374)ed(cid:895) a(cid:272)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)t (cid:894)pi(cid:374)dar; plato; aristotle(cid:895) Ho(cid:449)s the (cid:448)ie(cid:449)s of a people, the so(cid:272)iet(cid:455)"s (cid:448)alues. A myth is not made by 1 person alone, it holds a collective meaning. I(cid:373)possi(cid:271)le to ide(cid:374)tif(cid:455) the (cid:862)origi(cid:374)al(cid:863) a(cid:374)d/or the author because it is an oral tradition, passed down through generations (cid:862)la(cid:455)eri(cid:374)g(cid:863) effe(cid:272)t: e(cid:454)iste(cid:374)(cid:272)e of alter(cid:374)ate (cid:448)ersio(cid:374)s that parallel, (cid:272)o(cid:373)ple(cid:373)e(cid:374)t or (cid:272)o(cid:374)tradi(cid:272)t o(cid:374)e another. Text referred to: anthology of classical myth (pages 135-160) Chaos (first thing to exist), gaia (the earth), tartaros (the deepest area of the underworld), eros (god of erotic desire), Eros is either a primordial being or was born of aphrodite and ares, roman version is cupid. We (cid:272)a(cid:374) see that i(cid:374) greek myth, it (cid:449)as al(cid:449)ays dark(cid:374)ess to light(cid:374)ess, light(cid:374)ess is (cid:862)you(cid:374)ger(cid:863) than darkness. Gave birth to cyclopes, hundred handers and titans, with her son, ouranos (the sky)
