CLA 2323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Aeschylus, Mycenaean Greece, Euripides
22 Oct 2016
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P. 8 table of greek writers, main sources for mythology only problem: all greek, no. Romans, who are also important sources ovid and vergil. Apollodorus contribution: library of mythology important source to us. Aischylos, sophokles and euripides important tragedy writers of their time. P. 12-13 the map must be learned. Secret to greek mythology: the places important to. Greek myth, were also important in real-life in mycenaean era. One thing retained in oral storytelling places where heroes, kings, came from important mycenaean sites. Honour and boundaries chapter (p. 88 in textbook) Hubris originally a greek word pride to a fault, arrogance, pride that goeth before a fall" from hebrew bible/old testament idea that humans screw up after and because they get success. They start to believe that they can never fail, they stop thinking they have to stay careful. They mess up as a function of their success this fascinated the greeks present in much of the mythology.
