The Changing Hero: From Myth to Fairy Tale
There are two basic types of myths: stories of the gods and stories of heroes. But after the birth of Christ a new kind of story took hold. Stories of the everyman. They’re called Fairy Tales.
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On Re-Mythologizing the World
I found an amazing book in my classroom recently–”The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology.” Despite the cheesy name, it really is a fairly comprehensive collection of mythologies from all around the world, and it has beautiful pictures to boot. My imagination was sparked when, beside a snapshot of an ancient Egyptian hieroglyph, I read the following …
The Flaming Arrow of Classical Education: Funeral Games in the Aeneid as Symbol and Hope
“Suddenly, right before their eyes, look, a potent marvel destined to shape the future!” The Aeneid, Book V. ll. 575-6 The funeral games for Anchises in book five of the Aeneid provide a necessary respite from the piercing drama and tragic end of Dido in book four—which concludes with the arresting imagery of Dido atop …
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