I know that it's been a long-ass time since I wrote on the whole Greek mythology thing, but I thought that I should at least announce that I'm also planning on getting back to it. I'm not sure how much will get done in March, since, per my previous post, I've got an entertainment focus then, but I'm definitely going to work on it at least a little.
Sorry for the short post, but it didn't really fit in the previous post.
Showing posts with label Greek Mythology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greek Mythology. Show all posts
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Initial Thoughts on Greek Mythology
I have come to the conclusion that ancient Greek poets had a personal vendetta against me.
not really
However, my attempts to research ancient Greek mythology have been met with a certain degree of frustration. I didn't expect quite as much variation as what I got. In fact, early on, it seemed like it might not be so bad: For instance, it seemed like the Orphics just tacked on Chronos and Ananke at the front end. Of course, they also had to change all the begetting after Chaos and so on, so it's not quite so smooth.
To make hide or hair of this, I'm at the point where I'm just taking each tradition one at a time and diagramming it on its own, before I get into the comparative stuff.
As a side note: How lame is it that the Hekatonkheires and Cyclopes seem to be little more than plot devices, to be pulled out whenever is convenient?
I feel like I should mention why I'm researching this, if only to say that it's for a personal creative project that you might never see. I'll try to post any insights that I might have here, though, that they might be useful to others.
not really
However, my attempts to research ancient Greek mythology have been met with a certain degree of frustration. I didn't expect quite as much variation as what I got. In fact, early on, it seemed like it might not be so bad: For instance, it seemed like the Orphics just tacked on Chronos and Ananke at the front end. Of course, they also had to change all the begetting after Chaos and so on, so it's not quite so smooth.
To make hide or hair of this, I'm at the point where I'm just taking each tradition one at a time and diagramming it on its own, before I get into the comparative stuff.
As a side note: How lame is it that the Hekatonkheires and Cyclopes seem to be little more than plot devices, to be pulled out whenever is convenient?
I feel like I should mention why I'm researching this, if only to say that it's for a personal creative project that you might never see. I'll try to post any insights that I might have here, though, that they might be useful to others.
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