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Classical Mythology The Nature of Greek Myth

Classical Mythology The Nature of Greek Myth

“Siren” and “Eros. ” Live Your Myth in Greece. Greek National Tourism Organization campaign,

“Siren” and “Eros. ” Live Your Myth in Greece. Greek National Tourism Organization campaign, 2006.

A myth is a socially powerful traditional story. Buxton, Greek Mythology A myth is

A myth is a socially powerful traditional story. Buxton, Greek Mythology A myth is a fictitious story that illustrates the truth. Theon, Progymnasmata A definition makes a good servant but a bad master. Buxton, Imaginary Greece

The publisher of Charlie Hebdo, Stéphane Charbonnier, with a special edition on 2 November

The publisher of Charlie Hebdo, Stéphane Charbonnier, with a special edition on 2 November 2011. One of the twelve killed in the attack on the paper’s offices 7 January 2015.

After the attack on Charlie Hebdo, Montreal Gazette’s Aislin responded with his own cartoon.

After the attack on Charlie Hebdo, Montreal Gazette’s Aislin responded with his own cartoon.

The Birth of Venus. Sandro Botticelli. 1483 -1485. Florence, Uffizi. Saturn Devouring His Son.

The Birth of Venus. Sandro Botticelli. 1483 -1485. Florence, Uffizi. Saturn Devouring His Son. Francisco Goya. 1819 -1823. Madrid, Prado.

The Olympians: Clash of Titans, 1981, 2010; Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning

The Olympians: Clash of Titans, 1981, 2010; Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, 2010

Alexander (Alexander, 2004), Leonidas (300, 2006), Achilles (Troy, 2004)

Alexander (Alexander, 2004), Leonidas (300, 2006), Achilles (Troy, 2004)

General Kreipe center, Stanley Moss to left and Patrick Leigh Fermor to right, surrounded

General Kreipe center, Stanley Moss to left and Patrick Leigh Fermor to right, surrounded by the andartes in the mountains of Crete, April 1944.

Cerberus Theseus and the Minotaur (detail). Master of the Campana Cassone, early XVI. Avignon,

Cerberus Theseus and the Minotaur (detail). Master of the Campana Cassone, early XVI. Avignon, Musée du Petit Palais. Eleusis Amphora. The Polyphemus Painter, ~675. Athens, National Archaeological Museum.

Uma Thurman as Medusa (Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, 2010)

Uma Thurman as Medusa (Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, 2010)

Theseus and the Minotaur (detail). Master of the Campana Cassone, early XVI. Avignon, Musée

Theseus and the Minotaur (detail). Master of the Campana Cassone, early XVI. Avignon, Musée du Petit Palais. Tondo of a Red-Figure Cup. Aison, 410 s. Madrid, Museo Arqueológico Nacional.

Late Bronze / Mycenaean Age 1600 -1100 Dark Age 1100 -900 Geometric Period 900

Late Bronze / Mycenaean Age 1600 -1100 Dark Age 1100 -900 Geometric Period 900 -700 (Homer, Hesiod; polis and panhellenism) Archaic Period 700 -500 (Homeric Hymns, Sappho, black-figure painting, archaic sculpture; colonization) Classical Period 500 -323 (Pindar, tragedy and comedy, red-figure painting, whiteground lekythoi, classical sculpture, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle) Hellenistic Period 323 -31 (Alexandria) Roman Period 323 BCE-312 CE (Virgil, Ovid, Apollodorus, Pausanias)

Tell ye the king: the carven hall has fallen in decay: Apollo hath no

Tell ye the king: the carven hall has fallen in decay: Apollo hath no chapel left, no prophesying bay, No talking spring. The stream is dry that had so much to say. William Marris Aegeus, King of Athens, consulting the Delphic Oracle. Tondo of a cup attributed to the Kodrus Painter, ca 430. Berlin, Antikensammlung.

Alice Leora Briggs, Diana, Hunter of Bus Drivers. Illustration for an article in This

Alice Leora Briggs, Diana, Hunter of Bus Drivers. Illustration for an article in This American Life, 4 Oct 2013.

School scene. Attic red-figure cup by Duris, ca 480. Berlin, Antikensammlung.

School scene. Attic red-figure cup by Duris, ca 480. Berlin, Antikensammlung.

Alcaeus and Sappho. Attic redfigure kalathos by the Brygos Painter, ca 470. Berlin, Antikensammlung.

Alcaeus and Sappho. Attic redfigure kalathos by the Brygos Painter, ca 470. Berlin, Antikensammlung.

Late Geometric Attic spouted krater of the Subdipylon Group, 730 s. London: British Museum.

Late Geometric Attic spouted krater of the Subdipylon Group, 730 s. London: British Museum.

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