Exam 1 Flashcards
3 Characteristics of Greek myths
Anthropomorphic
Humanist
Paradoxical
3 characteristics of a Myth
Story
Communal in origin
Answers important questions
Aetiological
Explains something
Nature myth
Explains something in nature
Charter myth
A foundational explanation
Psychological/internal
Explains a psychological thing
Historico-social
Explains an event
Autonomy
Each myth is Independent from other myths
Procrustean bed
Trying to make something fit
Gaia
Mother Earth
Marries Ouranos
Ouranos
Father sky
Gaia + Ouranos =
Cyclopes and 100-hands
Etymology
The “true” meaning of a word or name
Why are they called “Olympians”
They live on Mount Olympus
Ring Composition
Story of Prometheus then Pandora then back to Prometheus
Moral of the story?
Can’t get around the mind of Zeus
Theogony
Origin of the gods
Cosmogony
Origin of the universe
Cosmology
Reason/ plan of the universe
Kalliope
Most important Muse
Visual progression of Theogony?
Progressively more beautiful and more humanoid