Mythology Mythos is the study and interpretation of often sacred tales or fables of a culture known as myths or the collection of such stories which deal with various aspects of the story of t h e pe o pl e human condition:
- (Greece) 1st western
civilization 2,000 BC - Greek myth 700 BC Show us the way (thought and felt) We have come to appreciate the Greek and Roman mythology because: Little distinction between the real and unreal; Identifies Cardinal Virtues (JWCM) THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE GREEKS
• Study of an early man how he look at their surroundings
• Mankind become the center of the universe (Revolution).
• Through their pigment of imagination they created different kinds of Structure • Egypt • Mesopotamia • Saint Paul Said the invisible must be understood by the visible The literature and other archeological resources help dev. The greek myth (proved that stories and legends may be rooted in factual events) • 3 classical collection of myths are: - Theogony : Hesiod Start from creation (world) to the war of Gods and through the establishment Parthenon of Gods
- Iliad and Odyssey : Homer
• The myths is the creation of great poets - First written record (Iliad) Epic Help passing down the myth from one generation to other THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE GREEKS
• Express clarity and beauty
• Prophecy • Life of gods and heroes • Mount Olympus their abode (Rank) • Not a sacred Book • Do not throw clear light in early mankind (Descendants intellectually, artistically and politically) THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE GREEKS
• Pure entertainment • Comedy • Mythical creatures • Heroes • Justice (Philemon and Baucis) • Early Literature as well as early Science – Pygmalion and Galatea – Quest of the golden fleece – Orpheus and Eurydice 1. OVID 7. APULEIUS 2. HOMER 8. LUCIAN 3. HESIOD 9. PINDAR 4. AESCHYLUS 10.PAUSANIAS 5. APOLLODORUS 11.VIRGIL 6. ARISTOPHANES 1. OVID roman
• -A Latin poet (reign of Augustus).
• - He is compendium of mythology. No Greek writer can compare to him in this respect.
• Written work: - Metamorphoses 2. HESIOD Greek
• Hesiod was a poor farmer who lived a bitter life in
the eight or ninth century.
• Written work: - Theogony 3. HOMER Greek
• -One of the chief writers.
• The poems are in Homeric Greek, also known as Epic Greek • Written works: - Iliad & odyssey 4. AESCHYLUS Greek • -The oldest of the three tragic poets and a contemporary of Pindar’s.
• -All their plays have mythological
subjects.
• Work: - Agamemnon 5. APOLLODORUS Greek
• He is the most voluminous ancient
writer on mythology
• Work: - The Library of Greek mythology APOLLONIUS OF RHODES Greek
• Told at length the Quest of the Golden Fleece, and also a number of myths. He and other three Alexandrians (Theocritus, Bion and Moschus) 6. ARISTOPHANES Greek • -The great writer of comedy who lived in the last part of the fifth century..
• - works often refers to the myths (The clouds), great prose writers (Herodotus and Plato.) 7. APULEIUS Greek • -A Latin writer in second century A.D. who wrote the famous story of Cupid and Psyche. 8. LUCIAN Greek • -A Greek writer in the second century A.D. who writes like no one except himself. (Sci-fi)
• Work: - A True Story 9. PINDAR Greek • -The greatest lyric poet of Greece (sixth century).
• -He wrote odes in honor of the victors at the
great national festivals of Greece.
• Work: -Victory Odes 10. PAUSANIAS Greek • -The author of the first guidebook ever written. (Recorder)
• -Being an ardent traveler, he has a good deal
to say about mythological events reported to have happened in the places he visited. 11. VIRGIL Roman
• -A Roman writer who did not believe in myths.
• -He brought mythological personages to life as no one had done since the Greek tragedians.
• Work: - Aeneid OTHERS
• -Other Romans like CATULLUS and HORACE wrote
several myths and alluded to them, but neither is important in mythology.
