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| comprehensive term for stories primarily concerned with the gods and humans' relation to them. untrue. |
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| perceptible relationship to history; rooted within |
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| often tales of adventure with aim to entertain |
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| fictional. Free of time and space |
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| 20th c. man who wrote about mythology, mostly religious. |
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| Myths are historical with successive layers that have changed according to time |
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| Euphemerus (ca. 300 BCE) wrote that myths are elaborate forms of historical events. |
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composed out of elaborate symbols. nature allegory: provides different ways of organizing nature. |
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Myths explain rituals. Rituals lead to myths. (aition; aitia plura) ie. bull leaping - labyrinth. |
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myth is waking, based on sexuality. ie - electra complex. |
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myth validates social practice through supernatural. social classes: - priest-king: Hera
- warrior: Athena
- producer: Aphrodite
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| ahistorical; cultural; muth is a means of communication; meaning of how societies are organized. good vs. evil. |
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Paleolithic (old stone age) - 2.5 million to 3000 BC
Neolithic (new stone age) - 6000 to 3000 BC
Minoan Civ (Crete) - 3000 to 1400 BC
1st Greek speakers in Greece to 2000 BC
Mycenaean Civ (Greece) - 1600 to 1100 BC
Greek Dark Ages - 1100 to 750 BC
Archaic Prd - 750to 480 BC
Classical Prd - 480 to 323 BC |
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| 1870's went to Troy, Mycenae & Tiryns and confirmed the reality of wealth, grandeur and power of Minoan-Mycenaean |
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| Crete but power extended to Greece. Developed Religion and intricate art. Acme 1600-1400 BC when it collapsed bc of possible fire and destruction. Thalassocracy. Worshiped fertility mother. |
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Indo-European invaders. 1st. Greeks. Learned a lot from Minoans but worshipped differently. Culminated in 1600 - 1100 BC. Art similar to Minoan. 1st real Greeks. Worshipped Zeus, not women. Locales in Homeric tales similar to Mycenae. |
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| Minoan capital. Thalassocracy. Complex Palace - labyrinth myth with centaur. No walls. |
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| King Minos - Minoan; son of Zeus & Europa. King of Knossos. Judge of Underworld. |
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| based on Knossos palace. Intricate architecture. Minotaur. |
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| Athenian King; son of Poseidon; slayer of Minotaur |
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| double-axe; Minoan religious symbol |
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| excavated Troy after Schliehmann |
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| Tablets found particularly in Pylos. Listed famous classical Greek deities as recipients of offerings. Syllabary. |
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| '56 - Deciphered Linear B tablets |
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| Title or epithet for Apollo |
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| mistress or lady; supports idea of goddess worship. |
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| Theogony; First to give systematic explanation for how the universe came together which is presented in Theogony. Classic Greek version. |
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| Came from Chaos. Place deep within the earth. |
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| Came from Chaos; the Earth |
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| Gloomy darkness of Tartaros; came after Chaos. Later equated to Tartaros. |
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| from Chaos. One of 1st in creation of universe |
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| Male sky god produced by Gaia/Earth and varies in power dominance |
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| sister to Kronos; unites with him: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon and Zeus. Sky/Earth. Fertility. |
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| Goddess of love born from the castration of her father. |
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| Brother to Rhea. Eventually devours all children except Zeus who defeats him. Sky/Earth |
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| daughter of Kronos and Rhea. Goddess of agriculture. Percephone's mother. Eaten by her father |
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| God of Underworld. Son of Kronos and Rhea. Husband of Percephone |
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| MAle god of Indo-Europeans. Sky. Rhea & Kronos |
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| wisdom; swallowed by lover Zeus after becoming preggers. |
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| Virgin goddess of wisdom and war. Daughter of Zeus |
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| Dragon who joins others in battle against Gods |
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| sacred marriage between sky God and Earth Goddess |
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| 12 children of Uranis and Ge. Battle in which Zeus battle. Olympians help defeat. |
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| Hittite god defeated by Any and forced to flee earth |
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| Hittite sky God. Reigned sky for 9 years. Threatened by Kumarby and left for his element. |
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| leads Gods and fights against Ullikummi |
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| Caught Anu in sky and bit off his testicles. swallowed. created Ullikummi |
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| Stone Giant whose feet are cut off. |
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