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world myths
myths
myths are stories about the beginnings. they try to explain the unexplained things and are from religion.
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folktales
stories told by the common people mostly for entertainment they include: legends, tall tales, fables, and fairy tales.
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folk tale heroes tend to be common everyday folk who don"t have special powers, unlike myth hero where they are the child of gods and or goddess.
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differences
the purpose tell people who they are and where they come from and where they will go when they die. it also shows the belief of the people
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greek lit
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dark ages not 50 years after the war the mycenaean culture began to mysteriosluy decline the decline was accelerated by a group of invades called the dorians as a result greek culture entered a dark age during this time writing fell out of use for several centuries ter is no recored of cultural devolpment during this time
the epic agaround 750 bc shortly after homer compsoed epics the greeks devolped a script for their language this system became known as the alphabet based on the first two letters of the system alpha and beta
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between 700 750 bc greek life became more ogranized and institutional fragmented settments banded together and formed acity states called a polis
however they did call temselves hellenes beliving themselves to all be desendants of hellen the son of deucalion who according to a greek myth was the sole survivor of a great flood and thus ancestor to all greek
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from c the seventh to fifth centuray bc lyric poetry began to flourish amongst the greeks unlike the epeic this new poetry didnot recount the heroic deeds of men and gods instead lyric potry ised relativly few lines to express the pesonal emotions of a speaker
despite cultural bonds there were definte beefs between city states by the 5th centuray bc two rival cty states sparta and athens had emrged from conflicts as the most powerful in greece sparta owed its prominence to an extremly militaristic and conservative culture athens emerged as a military power when the city played a major role in persian wars which began in 499 bc and lasted until 448
back home they createda democracy rather than a dictatorship it was not a true democracy as only free adult males could participate this was one of the earliest democracys and it has had a lastin impact on roman republic and american democracy
three of the greatest authors of tradgey in the history of western literature aeschylus sophocles and euripdes mall lived and wrote in 5th century bc their plays posed profound questions about the limits of knoledge individual free will moral responsiblilty and human suffering they were capable of writing some really weird stuff dont worry well read
socrates is considered one of the ofunders of philosophy and a lover of wisdom one of his students was plato platos writings explored the natyre of realty the exsitence of the sould ideal goverment and how to lead a cirutos and happy life platos greatest student was aristotle he studied in athens and everntuall became a teacher to alexander the great aristoles writin
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by the time of alexanders death in 323 bc the kingodom of maceadon first ruled by philip and then by his son alexander the greate emgered as the most powerfyl state in the greek speaking world alexander conquered lands from egypt to india
there is very little known about homer the name means hostage in greek meaning he was likely a slave or atleast descended from slaves tradition says that homer was blind a detail probaly based more on tradtition than fact in greek culture blindness was often a meta phor for profound insight
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heros
mythic hero
religious in some way worshiped tend to be a offspring of a god/ goddess or king/queen. weird birth so they are more better
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folktale hero
ordinary person but has a special situation, step child or neglected youngest child
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