Classical Studies 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ancient Greek Temple, Athens, Panathenaic Games

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2200
• Professor: Aara Suksi

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Ch (cid:1005): (cid:862)i(cid:374)t(cid:396)odu(cid:272)tio(cid:374) to g(cid:396)eek m(cid:455)th(cid:863) (cid:894)pg (cid:1007)-36) Greek myth originated w/ anonymous storytellers who created tales about gods & heroes that were transmitted orally for many generations b4 being crystallized in written form. The oldest surviving myths, from the archaic period, are preserved in the epic poems of homer. & hesiod (mid-8th to early 7th centuries b. c. ), who portray the gods as resembling idealized human beings in appearance, psychology & behaviour. A 2nd major source of myth = the athenian dramas of the classical period (5th century b. c. ) Greek myths were further modified by roman authors, who typically adapted them for political. The east pedi(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:894)o(cid:448)e(cid:396) the pa(cid:396)the(cid:374)o(cid:374)"s (cid:373)ai(cid:374) e(cid:374)t(cid:396)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:895) depi(cid:272)ted the (cid:271)i(cid:396)th of athe(cid:374)e from. Zeus, king of the gods: athe(cid:374)e sp(cid:396)u(cid:374)g f(cid:396)o(cid:373) his head, (cid:272)lut(cid:272)hi(cid:374)g a (cid:449)a(cid:396)(cid:396)io(cid:396)"s spea(cid:396) & shield, hephaestus, the god of fire & metalcraft, was the unlikely midwife.