https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp For Dean McClelland's Greek Mythology course! en-us 2020-09-14 22:26:56 UTC 2025-10-09 00:48:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1ec-1f1f7.png roselopo https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750083413 Hesiod, similarly to Homer, probably wasn't a single person, but he was around from about 725 to 675 BC. Hesiod wrote Theogeny and Works and Days.
(image cred + a neat article)]]> 2020-09-16 01:08:07 UTC https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750083413 roselopo https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750083762 Although Homer was most likely not a real person, he was writing from the late 8th to early 7th century BC. He wrote the Iliad, which is about Achilles and the Trojan War, as well as the Odyssey, the tale of Odysseus trying to get home following the Trojan War.
(image cred)]]> 2020-09-16 01:08:17 UTC https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750083762 roselopo https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750090469 This is a reference point to indicate that we're switching from BC to AD (from BCE to CE, alternatively).]]> 2020-09-16 01:11:36 UTC https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750090469 roselopo https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750104841 These were written in the late 7th century up through the 5th century BC. Despite being called "Homeric" Hymns, the authors of these texts aren't known, and they are named such because they were written in dactylic hexameter (Homer was famous for it!).
(image cred: depicted is Hermes)]]> 2020-09-16 01:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750104841 roselopo https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750106647 A.K.A the Bronze Age, this is one of our first big periods, and it stretched from ~1550 to 1050 BC. The events of the Iliad and the Odyssey took place during this time.]]> 2020-09-16 01:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750106647 roselopo https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750109361 Homer, Hesiod, Sappho, and many other Greek poets wrote during this time period, which was from about 750–479 BC.]]> 2020-09-16 01:20:19 UTC https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750109361 roselopo https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750109770 I primarily used the Anthology Of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation, ed. Traz et al. Hackett: 2004
ISBN: 9781624664977. Other details come from my own memory from having read some of the texts!]]> 2020-09-16 01:20:30 UTC https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750109770 roselopo https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750140441 Spanning from about 479–323 BC, the Classical Period saw authors such as Sophocles, Herodotus, and Plato.
(image cred)]]> 2020-09-16 01:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750140441 roselopo https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750143920 Sophocles was up and kicking from about 495 to 406. He was a prolific playwright, but few of his works survive. Oedipus Rex and Antigone are two of his most famous plays.
(image cred)]]> 2020-09-16 01:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750143920 roselopo https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750153380 Herodotus is "the Father of History," according to the Anthology of Classical Myth. One of the first true historians, Herodotus's Histories analyzed the Persian Wars, which occurred from the late 6th century up through 479 BC.
(image cred)]]> 2020-09-16 01:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750153380 roselopo https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750160561 Although Plato is more relevant to philosophy than mythology, myths play a big part in his dialogues. The Symposium, for example, features some retellings of myths.
(image cred: this is a depiction of a symposium)]]> 2020-09-16 01:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750160561 roselopo https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750170919 This period was from 323-331 BC, and it occurred after Alexander the Great's death and before the Roman Empire conquered the Mediterranean. Eratosthenes and Aristotle are two key figures during this period.]]> 2020-09-16 01:48:26 UTC https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750170919 roselopo https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750175614 Previously, our authors wrote in Greek, but now that the Roman Empire has expanded, many of our poets are writing in Latin. Virgil and Ovid are a couple of figures who wrote in Latin, whereas Plutarch wrote in Greek. This period went from about the 1st century BC to the 5th century AD.]]> 2020-09-16 01:50:39 UTC https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750175614 roselopo https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750182702 According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, Euripides's play Medea was first performed in 431 BC. ]]> 2020-09-16 01:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750182702 roselopo https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750187684 Living in about 525–456 BC, Aeschylus was an Athenian tragedian known for the Oresteia trilogy and Prometheus Bound.
(image cred)]]> 2020-09-16 01:56:41 UTC https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750187684 roselopo https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750198598 Alive from 43 BC–17 AD, Ovid wrote the Metamorphoses, which are accounts of various transformations (as the name suggests). Additionally, Ovid wrote a number of works about amorous pursuits.
(image cred)]]> 2020-09-16 02:02:10 UTC https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750198598 roselopo https://padlet.com/roselopo/siwt8pq5l4rritbp/wish/750202985 Sappho was a female poet who wrote in the late 7th century up through the early 6th century BC. She lived on the island of Lesbos, and Plato referred to her as another muse. Unfortunately, her work survives mostly in fragments.
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