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Greek mythology

Greek mythology
Exekias as potter (signed) - not to be confused with the famous one (GR 1836.2-24.127 - Vase B 210 Loc. Main floor, Room 13: Greece 1050-520 BC) painted by Exekias · Public domain · source

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myths of ancient Greece

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  1. In Greek antiquity they held that position, which the most supreme will of the State assigned to them: for that reason they have been glorified as never since. The goddesses of Greek mythology are their images: the Pythia and the Sibyl, as well as the Socratic Diotima are the priestesses out of whom divine wisdom speaks. Now one understands why the proud resignation of the Spartan woman at the news of her son's…

    Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Early Greek Philosophy & Other Essays Collected Works, Volume Two

    States what Greek mythology is; names Greek mythology.

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  2. Usually, a child’s desires culminate in the wish to give birth to a baby, or beget one, in some vague manner. Even the little boy, in his ignorance, has this desire to give birth to a child. Such manifestations, in their entirety, are termed, in accordance with Greek mythology, Œdipus Complex. Normally, an Œdipus Complex should be abandoned or thoroughly changed, simultaneously with the termination of early sex life.

    Sigmund Freud, The problem of lay-analyses

    States what Greek mythology is; names Greek mythology.

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  3. In both cases we find ideas of terrible demons. Sometimes these demons are said to remain on the earth, as beings of a very ancient time anteceding the creation--examples are Night and Darkness, described in Greek mythology as the children of Chaos. Other myths represent the demons as having been overcome by the world-creating god.

    Wilhelm Max Wundt, Elements of Folk Psychology Outline of a Psychological History of the Development of Mankind

    Names Greek mythology twice.

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Philosophers who discussed Greek mythology

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Place in the tradition

Part of Anaximander.

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