The historical dimension of Greek myths ~ 30.09.09

I’m so very sorry about not updating in a whole month of time, but since school has started, life has been getting so madly hectic too, that I hardly find the time to be online.
Please, be patient with my sister Ambrosia too, because she’s being as busy as me, okay? ^^

So anyway, I don’t want to talk about anything personal tonight… so I’ll tell you about something that caught my attention today at school. It’s a deep reflection about an article we read online with our teacher: “The historical dimension of Greek myths”

Basically, it tells us that, if nowadays we get to know so much about the Greek mythology and the Mycenaean world, it’s all thanks to the brilliant archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, who was pushed by his deep love for the ancient myths to go to Troy and all of the ancient cities in the 1870s to search for confirmations of the famous myths. What is amazing, is that he found out that those beautiful myths were originated by human creativity to explain and give sense to natural events, since the time of Neolithic era. Also, if we try to know get our minds to think as the human beings of that time used to think, we can get to deeply understand the myths themselves too, and the beautiful epic poems of Homer and Ovid’s “Metamorphoses“. It’s all so fascinating! *_*

What is your favourite myth or mythological figure? Please share!
P.S. I also suggest that you read this article titled “A Home Staging Challenge” because I found it so cool!

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