the importance of graecoroman myths to contemporary culture
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By Ellie Davidson Wolf
The Importance of Graeco-Roman Myths to Contemporary
Culture
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Emphasized the importance of the gods ineveryday life
Explained strange and everyday occurrences
Provided precedents for sacrificeDictated rituals of Greek and Roman lifeImpacted life through fear of retribution from
the gods as in stories
Were they important?
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ExplanationsUsed myths to explain the world around themLittle science to explain the worldStorms created when Zeus the Thunder God
played with lightning bolts.Bad luck was claimed as ill-favor from thegods.
Love affairs between mortals and gods
explained many children parentage,especially royal childrenLed to rituals for luck and to appease wrath
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Accounted for the changing seasons.Daughter of Demeter, goddess of
plantskidnapped by Hades, god of the
Underworld, to be his brideDemeter searched for her daughterand would not tend to the growingplants
Created perpetual desolation and
winterMade a deal that Persephone wouldcome home to her for half the yearand spend half the year withHades
When Persephone is with Demeter,it is summer
The Story of Persephone
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RitualsLike rituals of mythsCelebrations and feasts were meant to
appease and honor the gods
Brought good luck to the worshippersPart of daily life in Graeco-Roman timesHonoring ancestors in a household shrineVisiting higher gods templesConnected to the past and the gods
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SacrificePart of rituals and ceremonyLarge part of Greek cultureOrdered by the gods
Prometheus and the first sacrificeZeus decided which part of the bull he wanted
as an offeringPrometheus tricked Zeus into choosing the
lesser part
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Artemis and IphigeniaBefore the Trojan WarKing Agamemnon was told to sacrifice his
daughter, Iphigenia for favorable winds tocross the Aegean
At the last moment, Artemis replacedIphigenia with a deer and rescued the girl
Agamemnon went on the win the Trojan War
Brought luck to the Greek campaign
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Myths and legends did have an influence onGraeco-Roman life
Influenced philosophy, religion and social lives
Lived in the shadow of the godsSubstituted myths for scienceRituals a part of lifeDesign influenced by their presence in mythsSacrifice central focus of many ceremoniesPresent in myths
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