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Parry sounds like an old-school Jordan Peterson: taking the mythologies from obscurity and bringing them to life by showing their relevance today. The idea tha
by clarge1120 5y ago
Parry sounds like an old-school Jordan Peterson: taking the mythologies from obscurity and bringing them to life by showing their relevance today.
The idea that Homer did not create the mythologies, but catalogued oral history, makes some sense.
- goto11 5y agoHomer and Greek mythology was certainly not obscure at the time! The influence was pervasive in Western art and literature throughout history. In the middle ages it was mostly known through Latin sources, but deeply influential nonetheless. From the renaissance and forward, Homer was generally recognized as the most important poet in history. Parry performed research into how Homer (understood as a tradition rather than a single person) composed his epic. I fail to see the connection to Peterson, who I admittedly only know of as a self-help guru.