[CLAS 1P97] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 26 pages long Study Guide!
29 Mar 2017
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Heros a person who is usually noble, well-born, and capable of great words and deeds (as in homer) A greek hero will always have special social or religious status as a warrior, ruler or seer. Greek myths were p(cid:396)ese(cid:374)ted o(cid:396)ally a(cid:374)d (cid:448)isually. Logos = utterance which can be potentially supported by other evidence. Legend: emphasis on a single character. Harry potter: an individual life story (legend, part of the struggle against voldemort and death eaters. Special people and events in the past: heracles (hercules) trojan war. One of the oldest of the heroes. His myth is much like a folk-tale. Perseus comes from the city of argos. A very import region in the bronze age (1600-1200 bce) Brothers: they were always fighting kings of two cities in the argolid, agros (acrisius, tiryns (proetus) Oracle: her child will kill acrisius. Acrisius imprisoned danae in a bronze chamber. Zeus the shower of gold: modern ideas.
