CLASSICS 101: GREEK MYTHOLOGY Spring 2013‚ CSULB J. Mark Sugars‚ Ph.D. Sec. 06 Course #1364 TuTh 1230-1345 My office: MHB - 611 DESN – 112 j.marksugars@csulb.edu Mailbox (Dept. of Comp. World Lit. & Classics): MHB-517 Course Objectives: Greek myths have inspired and influenced literature‚ music‚ and the rest of the arts‚ especially in the
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from the present into a past setting. For example‚ the jar spurting water in the story of Pandora. 21st century kids love to cool down by running through the sprinklers during the hot summer‚ but it is not an invention that dates back to the times of Ovid or Hesiod. Another example of Well’s placing modern things into an ancient setting is all the treats of the Midas story. Ice cream sundaes‚ pistachio pops and Jell-O were not a part of the Ancient Greek diet. Chocolate‚ for example‚ was not brought
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Essay 1 Faith is perhaps the most widely important theme in Greek mythology. For one thing‚ those who hear the myths must in some way believe they are true in order for them to be meaningful. Humans‚ not only those in the myths but also those who hear the myths‚ generally go even further and believe that the gods actually exist. Characters who defy or anger the gods are punished‚ and those who honor and praise the gods find rewards. Having faith in a prophecy is better than trying to circumvent it
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last look at Thisbe before death takes him away. Just after Pyramus stabbed himself with a sword thinking his lover had passed‚ Thisbe encountered him and spoke ”At the sound of her name he opened his heavy eyes for one look. Then death closed them”(Ovid 949). Pyramus passed away with a look and realization that his lover was still alive. He died realizing that he did a thoughtless act and he couldn’t change that. While Romeo died thinking his lover was dead and he just joined
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The noble savage in antiquity is often characterised by the traits of the golden races accounted for by Hesiod in Works and Days and Ovid in Book I of the Metamorphoses. The two accounts mark the decline in human moral behaviour from the idealistic and peaceful Golden Age to their contemporary violent and competitive Iron Age world. Accordingly‚ the so-called noble savage is always discussed by the Graeco-Roman authors from an ethnocentric world-view wherein the spaces most familiar to them were
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just dropped down automatically and deadly from his wings‚ “Melted in that fierce heat‚ and the bare arms. Beat up and down in air‚ and lacking oarage. Took hold of nothing. Father! He cried‚ and Father” ‚ Daedalus and Icarus from The Metamorphoses by Ovid. He lost his young
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gradually accepting the Greek culture. Hellenized Jews started saying that sons of Abraham had been friends of Hercules‚ and children of Isaac had boarded ships with the Argonauts. Not long after they began to identify Moses with Musaeus‚ the son of Orpheus. There were educated and free-thinking Jews who saw that they had to throw
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The main documentation for Roman mythology include the first few books of Livy’s history‚ the Aeneid of Virgil and the fourth book of elegies by Propertius. Another significant source is the Fasti of Ovid‚ which is a six-book poem that was constructed by the Roman religious calendar. In Fasti‚ Ovid depicted the myths of the gods and the roots of their rituals as well as the festivals of the first six months of the Roman calendar. However‚ whilst the foundation of Rome differs between several sources
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To Hell and Back: A Look at the Mythological Life of Cerberus There was a certain demon that patrolled the gates of Hades in classical Greek mythology. Known and feared by many as Cerberus (Also known as Kerberos)‚ this impeccable canine-like monster was known to allow anyone to pass freely into the underworld‚ Hades‚ but make it his mission to let none escape from inside‚ regardless of how they had entered. What exactly is Cerberus‚ and where did he originate? What tales depict Cerberus
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CLT3378 Exam 1 Dr. Branscome Section 4 http://quizlet.com/14533032/clt3378-flash-cards/ Above is a link to a useful‚ flash card‚ study tool to help master these terms. * Hero: Figures in whom the gods take a special interest. An example of a hero in Greek culture is Hercules. * Trickster: Tricksters are amoral‚ shape-shifting deceivers in mythology. An example in the Babylonian Enuma Elish is the god Ea. * Polytheism: The belief and acknowledgement of many gods. Polytheistic
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