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Mythology:
The Myths of Greece and Rome
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Mythology“Whenever you see a large building with many columns holding up a roof, you are looking at an imitation of a Greek temple.”
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Imitations•Copies of “classical” temples:–The Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
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Capitol – Washington, D.C.
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New York Public Library
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The White House
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The White House
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Other imitations:
•Post offices, town halls, banks, & churches•Tall columns resemble the structures that were once built in Greece and Rome to honor the gods.
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Why Know the Myths?
•The myths are tied to Greece and Rome.•Greece and Rome were important to our development as a society.
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Contributions:
•Astronomy•Mathematics
•Architecture
•Medicine
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Contributions:
•Monetary (money) system•Systems of government & Law
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Contributions:•Democracy comes from the Greek word demokratia meaning “rule of the people.”
•This government, our government, first flourished in the ancient city-state of Athens.
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What is a Myth?
•Mythology – the study of myths.•Myth – from the Latin word mythos and the Greek word muthos, meaning “story.”
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Why Know the Myths?
•People no longer believe in the Greek & Roman gods & goddesses.•Still fascinating as literature.
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Why Were Myths Created?
•Myths may reveal truths about who we are and why we behave the way we do.
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What is a Myth?
•Stories that are always in some sense religious.–Represent the deepest wishes and fears of “primitive” human beings.
–Originated to help these people understand the universe.
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Understand What?•Seasonal changes
•Fire•Lightening•Drought•Floods•Death
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Understand What?
•“Myth-makers” might have been wise old men and women who had a talent for telling stories to explain the natural world.
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Myths•Stories about gods & goddesses.
•Gods were powerful, capable of cruelty, jealousy, lying, murder.
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Myths•Main characters are gods and goddesses•Usually they lived on Mount Olympus.•Traveled down to spend time with ordinary people.
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Myths•Originated in area around Mediterranean Sea.
•Early myth-makers could not write.
•Myths were passed down orally from generation to generation.
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Myths•Written down many years later.
•Poets: Homer & Hesiod (both lived 800 years before Christ)
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Where the Romans Come In…
•2nd Century B.C.•Romans conquered Greeks •Adopted Greek myths as their own.
•Added new tones and features
•Roman Poets: Ovid & Virgil
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Romans
•Roman gods are same as Greeks, but with different names.•See blue book, page 459 or handout
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What’s It Good For?
•Give us insights into the nature of our world.•Classical mythology is used:–To explain creation of the world
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–To explain natural phenomena
–To give story form to ancient religious practices
–To teach moral lessons–To explain history–To express, as dreams do, the deepest fears and hopes of the human race