AR202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Roman Mythology, Aegean Civilizations, Minoan Civilization
10 Dec 2017
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Timeline of the course: minoans wrote a script called linear a, which has not been deciphered and it is unsure of what language it might be. Mythology and the classical tradition: mythology and heroes are still present in todays society, they are in movies, music, books, etc. Some discontinuities: the greek magical papyri are from an amalgamation of greek, egyption, babylonian, ad. Jewish sources of the hellenistic period: some of these are similar to curse tablets that appear as early as the sixth century bce. It can also refer to the divine offspring of a god and a mortal: henotheism: adherence to one god out of an assortment, hero: a person raised to divine status after his or her death. The hero is usually worshipped with a specific cult. This individual has exceptional qualities that is often depicted as a consequence of one divie parent: orthodoxy: correct belief. Offspring always resulted when gods slept with mortals.
