1. Interpretation and Definition of Classical Mythology Week 1

2. What is myth? mythos (word, speech, story)

3. Simple Definition of Myth A traditional story

4. How are myths transmitted? Oral Literature Painting Sculpture Music Dance Drama Cinema

5. Types of myth Divine myth, true myth Saga or legend Folktale

6. Reasons for Myths Often “etiological” –Causes, origins, explanatory

7. Saga or legend Humans, usually aristocracy Rooted in fact “History” Saga = “spoken” Legend = “to be read”

8. Folktale Ordinary humans and animals Universal experiences Fantastic adventures Fable = animals Fairytale = traditional, magical, moral

9. Myth and Religion “Closely entwined”

10. Greek Sources Homer (epic): Iliad, Odyssey Homeric Hymns Hesiod: Theogony Lyric: Pindar Tragedy: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides Comedy: Aristophanes

11. Roman Sources Vergil (epic): Aeneid Ovid: Metamorphoses

12. Other Sources Vase paintings Wall paintings Sculpture

13. Vase Paintings

14. Wall Paintings

15. Sculpture

16. Historical Background of Classical Mythology Chapter 2

17. Heinrich Schliemann

18. Sir Arthur Evans

19. Bronze Age 3000 – 1100 B.C. –Early: 3000 – 2000 –Middle: 2000 – 1600 –Late: 1600 – 1100 Crete = Minoan Islands = Cycladic Mainland: Helladic

20. Minoan Civilization Crete Cnossus (Knossos) thalassocracy Minos Sir Arthur Evans minotaur labyrinth Theseus

21. Minoan pinnacle: 1600 -1400 B.C.

25. Mycenaean Age Mycenaeans dominate Minoans. Fortified palaces on mainland.

26. Mycenaean pinnacle: 1600– 1100 B.C. Mycenae Tiryns Pylos Heinrich Schliemann

27. Mycenaean Age

29. Trojan War Asia Minor Hellespont Heinrich Schliemann Hissarlik Fall of Troy: 1184 B.C. Troy VI: 1250 B.C.

30. Trojan War

32. Iron Age: 1100-ca. 800 B.C. “Dorian” Invasion Dark Age Homer, ca. 750 B.C. Greek alphabet

33. Age of Colonization: 800 – 600 B.C.

34. City States Athens and Sparta Parthenon: 438 B.C.

35. Athens

37. Hellenistic Age: 323-30 B.C. 323 B.C.: Alexander’s death 30 B.C.: Final defeat of Cleopatra and end of the Ptolemaic dynasty

38. Rome 753 B.C.: Romulus and Remus 27 B.C. – 14 A.D.: Age of Augustus

39. Rome