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The ancient works of Greek civilization had almost been wiped out of human consciousness until Renaissance revisited it. In early 1800s, when Greece was revolting against Turks after 400 years of slavery, Europe discovered the old Greek tragedies and works of Greek philosophers which had been oppressed by political power bearers. In the 19th century many free spirits like Lord Byron (who died in Greece during the war) were intrigued by these works and began to reinterpret and analyse them to locate universals truths relating to philosophy, ecology, psychology, natural sciences, etc in them.Ever since Renaissance (when Shakespeare made abundant use of Greek Myths in his plays) the craze and interest in Greek mythology has not slowed down. From Homer to John Milton to John Keats to Thomas Hardy, all old and contemporary writers have looked towards Greek Myths for substance for their writing and have used them in all possible genres of literature. This paper attempts to trace the influence of Greek Mythology on English literature and contemporary culture, to point towards the literary works of various centuries which intensively used Greek myths and those English films which depict the same. An effort has been made at finding out the reason behind this continuing popularity of ancient myths and to analyse such a tremendously powerful phenomenon.

Autochthony myths served the creation of an identity that was culturally and politically meaningful to the people. Since the 430s the Athenians have brought the message of their autochthony across with a confidence and insistence that seem more than average. Around a decade after Pericles' Citizenship Law, the first indications emerge that the Athenians claimed to be 'autochthones'. A century after Pericles' Citizenship Law, being an exclusive elite had become a quality of all citizens of Athens.

In this thesis I will primarily examine how the retellings of Greek myths from the female perspective provide insight into the importance of myth and why these stories are still relevant today. Specifically, I will examine three major figures: Circe in Madeline Miller's Circe, Penelope in Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad, and Medusa in Marjorie Garber's The Medusa Reader, along with a few other minor characters featured in Nina MacLaughlin's Wake, Siren. By studying the fresh perspectives provided by the narration and journeys of these characters and connecting them to plights and experiences that are currently affecting women as evidenced by political and social events such as the #MeToo movement, I hope to demonstrate the power and effectiveness of the messages that can come from these retellings, and how they can impact a modern audience and even contribute to future feminist progress.

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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Translation -- Introduction: "Custom the King of All" -- Part One The "Controlless Core" -- 1 The "Tyrant of Gods and Men" -- Madness and the Irrational -- Death, Violence, War -- "Thermos Eros," -- Erotic Disease -- Wind, Sea, and Storm -- The Beasts of Love -- The "Very God of Evil," -- 2 The Golden Child of the Bloody Foam -- Aphrodite and Helen -- The Seduction of Zeus -- Fear and Desire on Mt. Ida -- Sappho's Aphrodite -- "Something Greater Than a God," -- Her Cruel Smile -- Aphrodite Domesticated—Somewhat -- The Goddess of Gold and Blood -- 3 Pandora's "Foul Tribe of Women" -- The Charybdis of Appetite -- The Daughters of Earth and Blood -- The Mother of Them All -- "The Memorial of Disasters," -- The Lion in the House -- The Child-Killer -- Phaedra -- "Man-Slaughterer," -- The Power of Pandora's Tribe -- 4 Monsters of Appetite -- Culture or Nature? -- The Heterosexual Paradigm -- Outrage and Shame -- The Itch of Appetite -- The Controlless Core -- Part One The "Fancied Sway" -- 5 Taming the Beasts -- Cosmic Love -- The "Steersman of the Soul," -- The Order of the Soul -- 6 Erotic Technology -- Flowers, Fruit, Furrows -- The Technology of Ritual -- Putting Aphrodite in Her Place -- Cultivating the Cyclopses' Island -- 7 Wives and the Order of the House -- Sowing Heirs and Citizens -- The Most Important Possession: A Chaste Wife -- Preserving the Household -- Home Economics -- Andromache -- Alcestis -- Circumspect Penelope -- The Rehabilitation of Helen -- The Technology of Marriage -- 8 Eros the Pedagogue -- The Heterosexual Paradigm Revisited -- The Drinking Party -- Outrage, Shame, and "Just Eros," -- Taming the Horses of the Soul

Los antiguos griegos nos han dejado un rico legado de historias inspiradas en sus dioses, diosas y héroes, que fueron posteriormente adoptadas por los antiguos romanos cuando les desplazaron de la hegemonía sobre el Mediterráneo. Desde entonces, la civilización griega ha ejercido una profunda influencia en la formación de la cultura occidental, pues creó la democracia y el alfabeto moderno, y sentó las bases de las matemáticas, la filosofía, la astronomía y la medicina. En esta obra, se muestra como estan entrelazadas la mitología griega con aspectos de su civilización. ; SC ; Biblioteca de Educación del Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte; Calle San Agustín, 5 - 3 planta; 28014 Madrid; Tel. +34917748000; biblioteca@mecd.es ; GBR

Los antiguos griegos nos han dejado un rico legado de historias inspiradas en sus dioses, diosas y héroes, que fueron posteriormente adoptadas por los antiguos romanos cuando les desplazaron de la hegemonía sobre el Mediterráneo. Desde entonces, la civilización griega ha ejercido una profunda influencia en la formación de la cultura occidental, pues creó la democracia y el alfabeto moderno, y sentó las bases de las matemáticas, la filosofía, la astronomía y la medicina. En esta obra, se muestra como estan entrelazadas la mitología griega con aspectos de su civilización. ; SC ; Biblioteca de Educación del Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte; Calle San Agustín, 5 - 3 planta; 28014 Madrid; Tel. +34917748000; biblioteca@mecd.es ; GBR

This essay summarizes developments since the outbreak of the Greek economic crisis in 2010 from the perspective of various myths that dominated the public discourse from 2010 to 2016. In the author's view, the perpetuation of these myths, which was partly the result of poor communication policies of the Greek governments, impeded a swifter resolution of the crisis. The analysis is based on the author's personal experiences while he served as an alternate executive director of the International Monetary Fund representing Greece from January 2012 to July 2015.

La longue course de la crise de la dette publique Grecque a été accompagnée d'une guerre de l'information qui a occulté de nombreux aspects importants de ce qui a eu lieu. Les idées reçues, les illusions et les mythes associés à la crise ont été, au moins, en partie responsables de la réponse, de toute évidence insuffisante, à la crise, ce qui a non seulement nuit à l'économie et à la société grecque mais également au projet de la zone euro. Je m'oppose contre sept de ces mythes relatifs aux effets du défaut, à la cause principale de la crise, aux effets probables de la sortie de la zone euro, au pouvoir de négociation du gouvernement Grec dans ses négociations avec la troïka Union Européenne – Commission Européenne – Fonds Monétaire International, et à d'autres sujets connexes. Je discute également du contexte de l'important recul de la démocratie dans l'Union Européenne et de ses perspectives d'avenir.