CLAS 1P95- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 12 pages long!)
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Myology (the study of myth: mythos- an utterance. Logos- an utterance: potentially subject to some sort of proof. Mythos: came to mean a false statement or belief, but in fact, amythos may be true or false, the key point that a mythos is not easy to prove or disprove. Generally you just accept it or not: think: social media. Hesiod - c. 700 bc: raises this issue in one of the earliest greek mythic poems, theogony (descent of the gods0, ll. Invocation to the muses: a personal introduction to the poem. The muses: daughters of, zeus- chief god and, mnemosyne- goddess of memory. Insporation: the muses give you ideas and crativity, truth, muses can speak lies that sounds like the truth and the truth if they want to. Why believe the muses then? (or any mythos for that matter: their report is entertaining. (truth + beauty, their report is coherent. (it makes sense, they present their report well.
