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Greek Gods--Human Lives: What We Can Learn From Myths
Konstantinos Tsakonas, Mary Lefkowitz
Tue Jan 27, 03-06:00pm, 3-133

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Classicist Mary Lefkowitz reintroduces the literature of ancient Greece. She demonstrates that the Greek myths, although endlessly entertaining, are never frivolous. Ancient writers use myths as a means of reminding humans of the severe limitations imposed on them by the conditions of mortality, and the many dangers present in the world they inhabit. These same stories can still offer a reliable guide to life in our own time with insights about the meaning of divinity, the nature of justice, and the limitations of human knowledge. There is much to learn from listening to what the ancient writers say, even if we are not prepared literally to believe in their theology.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mit-greece/www/index.htm
Contact: MIT-Greece Working Group, x3-1000, mitgreece@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT-Greece Working Group
Latest update: 13-Nov-2003


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