Greek mythology.Greek mythology is the body of myths and teachings that belong to the, ancient Greeks concerning their gods, and heroes. The nature of the world and the, origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. It was a part of the religion. In ancient Greece. Modern scholars refer to and study the myths in an attempt to shed light on the religious and political. Institutions of Ancient Greece and, its civilization and to gain understanding of the nature of myth-making itself 1. [].Greek mythology is explicitly embodied in a large collection of narratives and implicitly, in Greek, representational arts. Such as Vase-Paintings and votive gifts. Greek myth attempts to explain the origins of the world and details, the lives. And Adventures of a wide variety of gods goddesses heroes,,, and heroines mythological creatures. These accounts initially. Were disseminated in an oral-poetic tradition; today the Greek myths are known primarily from Greek literature. The oldest. Known Greek, literary sources Homer 's epic poems Iliad and Odyssey focus on, the Trojan War and its aftermath. Two poems. By Homer 's near contemporary Hesiod the Theogony, and the Works and Days contain accounts, of the genesis of, the world. The succession of, divine rulers the succession of human ages the origin, of, human woes and the origin of sacrificial practices.? Myths are also preserved in the Homeric Hymns in fragments, of epic poems of the Epic Cycle in poems in, lyric, the works. Of the tragedians of the fifth century BC in writings, of scholars and poets of the, Hellenistic Age and in texts from the. Time of the Roman Empire by writers such as Plutarch and Pausanias.Mythology was at the heart of everyday life in Ancient Greece. [] Greeks 70 regarded mythology as a part of their, history. They used myth to explain natural phenomena cultural variations, traditional enmities, and friendships. It was a source. Of pride to be able to trace the descent of one 's leaders from a mythological hero or a God. Few ever doubted that there. Was truth behind the account of the Trojan War in the Iliad and Odyssey. According to Victor Davis Hanson a military historian,,, Columnist political essayist, and former classics professor and Heath, John, classics, a professor the profound knowledge. Of the Homeric EPOS was deemed by the Greeks the basis of their acculturation. Homer was the "education of Greece" (Ἑ λ λ ά δ ο ς. π α ί δ ε υ σ ι ς), and his poetry "the Book 71." [].After the rise, of philosophy history prose and, rationalism in the late 5th century BC the fate, of myth, became uncertain. And mythological genealogies gave place to a conception of history which tried to exclude the supernatural (such as the. Thucydidean History). [] While 72 poets and dramatists were reworking, the myths Greek historians and philosophers were beginning. To criticize them 7. [].A few radical philosophers like Xenophanes of Colophon were already beginning to label the poets' tales as blasphemous. Lies in the 6th century BC; Xenophanes had complained that Homer and Hesiod attributed to the gods all that is shameful. " And disgraceful among men; they steal commit adultery, and deceive, one another. "[] This 73 line of thought found its most. Sweeping expression in Plato 's Republic and Laws. Plato created his own allegorical Myths (such as the vision of Er in the. Republic), attacked the traditional tales of the gods' tricks thefts and, adulteries as immoral and objected, to their central. Role in literature. [7] Plato 's criticism was the first serious challenge to the Homeric mythological tradition, [], 71 referring To the myths as "old wives' chatter." [] For 74 his part Aristotle criticized the Pre-socratic quasi-mythical philosophical. Approach and underscored that "Hesiod and the theological writers were concerned only with what seemed plausible, to themselves. And had no respect for us... But it is not worth taking seriously writers who show off in the mythical style; as for those. Who do proceed by proving their assertions we must, cross-examine them 72. "[].Nevertheless even Plato, did not manage to wean himself and his society from the influence of myth; his own characterization. For Socrates is based on the traditional Homeric and tragic patterns used by, the philosopher to praise the righteous life. Of his teacher 75: [].But perhaps someone might say: "Are you then, not ashamed Socrates of having, followed such, a pursuit that you are now. In danger of being put to death as a result? "But I should make to him a just reply:" You do not speak well Sir if you,,, Think a man in whom there is even a little merit ought to consider danger of life or death and not, rather regard, this only. When he, does things whether the things he does are right or wrong and the acts of a good or a bad man. For according to. Your argument all the demigods would be bad who died, at Troy including the son of Thetis who so, despised danger in comparison,, With enduring any disgrace that when, hi.
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