CLA204H5 Chapter 3: Chapter 3
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Cla204- chapter 3: the development of classical myth. One way of trying to reconstruct prehistoric myths is by observing their art. Another way is by comparing myths of different indo- european peoples o. From their linguistic roots, we know that the names of zeus and roman god jupiter are descended from the same. Indo- european word, which meant something like shine . Maybe the best approach to understanding the beginning of greek myth is found not in the substance of the myths themselves, but in the means by which myths were transmitted before writing o. Aoidoi (oral poets) entertained in aristocratic courts and maybe in public festivals and this language was shaped by an unconscious rhythm, which we analyze in written versions as a poetic line called dactylic hexameter. Must have always spoken to contemporary concerns, and had no concept of history.
