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Mythology Unbound: An Online Textbook for Classical Mythology
Type: Supplemental
Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Introduction to Humanities (HUM1020/2020)
Contributors: Mellenthin, Jessica, Shapiro, Susan O.
Publisher: Rebus Community
Description: Today people often use the word “myth” to mean an untrue story or false rumor. For example, if one person asked, “Is Friday the 13th an unlucky day?” another person might answer, “No, that is just a myth.” But the ancient Greeks did not use the word mythos (μῦθος) in this way. For the Greeks, a mythos was simply a story. It was not important whether the story was true or false; what was important… more
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