The classics love it all. Our collective imagination, our cultural background, even our linguistic roots. When digging up and learning what Greek and Roman mythology means, we must consider, above all, the transmission through various sources, such as literature or art.
Beyond that, we must not disdain the material culture of the ancient Mediterranean world, that of Spain or islands like Sicily, which have been profusely sampled and analyzed in this blog. It is necessary to explore how mythology took root in Greek and Roman culture and how it was articulated in contemporary social, economic, political or military life. Translations or originals should be read carefully if possible. It is necessary to detect iconographic evidence of various paintings, which can be located in architectural details, sculptures or the myriad of vases spread by the legacy of Greeks and Latins.
Mythology has been studied for a long time. The ancient mythographers began, and numerous scholars, attracted by the characteristics of the classics, such as Burkert, Freud, Propp, Levi-Strauss, Chaucer or Shakespeare, have collected their legacy. Ancient texts (from Homer's Iliad and Odyssey to the Homeric hymns to the gods, through Greek tragedy and comedy, Ovid's Metamorphoses or Virgil's Aeneid) help unravel the myth. A living myth.
