Mythology,Traditional Stories
Myth, traditional stories that describe patterns of behavior that serve as models for members of a society, especially in times of crisis. We will examen three different myths throught this paper, and include three different Theories of why greeks acted the way they do. By applying a Structuralist theory a Psychological theory, and an Anthropological theory to various myths, we are better able to understand Greek society. In the myth of the House of Atreus, Oenomaus was the ruler over Pisa. He had a beautiful daughter that everyone wanted to marry, but Oenomaus was in love with her. She did not have the same feelings for her father, and this made Oenomaus very upset. Thus, he told Hippodamia that the only way she could get married is if a suitor beat him in a chariot race. The trick to this was that Oenomaus had special horses from Poseidon that ran as fast as the wind, and no other horses could beat them. Twelve suitors tried and failed before Pelops came. Pelops heard of Hippodamia's beauty, and was determined to win. He knew of Oenomaus' horses, so he brought a golden-winged chariot drawn by horses that never tired. Although he had these special horses, he still knew that he needed more help to win. So he bribed
According to Strauss' Structuralistic theory, Orpheus is the evil and Proserina is the good. The reason for this is Proserina gave Orpheus another chance to have his lost bride back, and let him know exactly what the rules were to have her back. After finding what the future holds for him, he stood waiting in silence while his mother approached him. They agreed to release Eurydice, on one condition: while climbing the path that led to the upper world, Orpheus must not look back. However, Pelops can be considered evil and Myrtilus to be good because of the promise that Pelops made to Myrtilus: Pelops says that Myrtilus can sleep with his wife the first night, and when Myrtilus tries, Pelops kills him. the king's charioteer, Myrtilus, to replace the bronze linchpins with wax ones, inexchange for letting Myrtilus sleep with his new wife. He would not let her drink until he learned the future from Tiresias. Everything that Pelops did was on a sexual, primitive, irrational level. A second before they had entered the upper world, Orpheus had an agonizing doubt and looked around; while doing this, he saw his wife recede back to the underworld. Orpheus met his end when Bacchae tore him to bits because he excluded women from his sacred mysteries. During the race, the wax pin melted, and Oenomaus was tangled in the reins and dragged to death. Yet again in this period, women were expected to do malicious acts to themselves for others. This would explain why people did such things for spirits and why this was accepted at this time. Through a Freudian Psychological view, Orpheus' homosexuality would be a primitive thought process: Not every human gets what he wants, especially with women, but a bad experience should not turn a man away from being a heterosexual.
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