CLA204H1 Final: All lecture notes.docx
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4th century bc saw the expansion of the greek empire (alexander the great: the hellenistic age: greek cultural influence and power at its zenith and ended with the. Logos: mythos: word, speech, conversation, tale, story, narrative (can be true or false, logos: word, speech, meaning, argument, reason, rationality (associated with true) Orally transmitted through decades and have no specific authors. But they aren t written to be applied to a particular context (fable). Rather, they are made and then are applied. They are concerned with general phenomena, something that people want to know (e. g. origin of the cosmos). They are told about family, gods, mortals, origin of the cosmos, heroes, animals and all explain the world. There are many different versions of the same myth. Versions told today may be the true version. They can change depending on the author (e. g. an author that reveres apollo might praise apollo more in his story)
