CLST 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Psychoanalysis, Theatre Of Ancient Greece, Aeschylus
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Classical comes form latin word classicus, meaning best of its time. Greece myths were though of as the best, that is why they are referred to as (cid:498)studying other human cultures is like getting a joke: (cid:499) Classical myths from greece and rome everything transformed from to superheroes through using comic books but super hero stories are fake, Greek myth comic book recently published by penguin comparing myths for the greeks this is not the case for myths. The cities that appear in myths are all real cities today. Myths means stories certain things: fantasy, pleasure, stories, lore. Ideology myths underpinned attitudes, world views, rituals, 1practices. To know the myths is to know themselves, why they do or do not do. Mythology (logos study, exploration: recording/compiling myths learning all the myths, where they came, function/influence what is the importance of the myth to greek, tradition and reception myths change overtime, studying myths society from.