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Global Journal of HUMAN-SOCIAL SCIENCE: A
Arts & Humanities - Psychology
Volume 19 Issue 8 Version 1.0 Year 2019
Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal
Publisher: Global Journals
Online ISSN: 2249-460x & Print ISSN: 0975-587X
Very Old Wisdom. Approximation to the Origins and Intentions of the
Mythography and Paradoxography of Hellenism
By Julio López Saco
Universidad Central de Venezuela Caracas
Abstract- The interest of Hellenistic by collect, compile, or document information considered
relevant past became a scholar desire to know that end up favoring the emergence of new
genres bookish life of its own, the paradoxography and mythography. This desire for erudition
responded to a renewed awakening of imagination and curiosity, but also to the pursuit of
prestige record. In this article we will try to detail the roots of mythography, nurtured in the
chronography, local histories, genealogy and mythology, as well as the purposes sought, among
which they outperformed, as well as a specific educational objective, the possibility of
associating some important families big gods and noble heroes of a past model and idealized,
with the purpose of acquiring an indelible reputation.
Keywords: hellenism, mythography, mythology, scholarship, literatura.
GJHSS-A Classification: FOR Code: 420220
VeryOldWisdomApproximationtotheOriginsandIntentionsoftheMythographyandParadoxographyofHellenism
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