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Sources. Homer. Iliad Odyssey “Homeric Hymns” “Epic cycle” Oral poetry Central role 7 th c. BCE (first written poetry). Hesiod. Works and Days Theogony Farming life Conventional creation? 7 th century BCE. Athenian Individual Interpretations 5 th c. BCE. Playwrights.
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Homer • Iliad • Odyssey • “Homeric Hymns” • “Epic cycle” • Oral poetry • Central role • 7th c. BCE (first written poetry)
Hesiod • Works and Days • Theogony • Farming life • Conventional creation? • 7th century BCE
Athenian • Individual Interpretations • 5th c. BCE Playwrights • Aeschylus • Sophocles • Euripides
Apollodorus • Library • Many versions • Became “standard” for many lesser-known myths • Source for knowing earlier sources • 100’s CE
Pausanias • Travel writer • c. 150 CE • Attention to local cults and customs, present and past • Descriptions of art
Ovid • Metamorphoses • Roman • Early 1st c. CE • Writes of stories not of his culture • Writes for an educated audience
Art Art sometimes presents variations of myth that don’t exist elsewhere Or confirms popular knowledge of stories from written sources Or shows how stories were important in civic or personal ways Shows overall impact rather than narrative – a different way of understanding myth