mythos and logos

mythos i logos

mythos (old Greek) myth- narrative, story, word, conversation

logos (old Greek) logic, neurology - thinking, thought,- reason, end, principle, justification, systematic knowledge (science),- reason, mind, intellect, rational thinking

Homer 8th c. BC

Homer

Iliad – history of the Trojan WarTroy – Ilion, Ilios, Troia (old Greek)- harmony, reasons and causes of historical events- description of total reality later in philosophy- role models, patterns of moral attitudesOdyssey – history of Odysseus (Ulisses) homecoming from Troy

Troy

IliadThe Trojan War

Mycenae, the Lions’ Gate

Mycenae the Lions’ Gate

AgamemnonMask

Iliad

Achilles Patroclus

Philosophy in ancient Greece