Chapter Twenty-Four Lecture One

Chapter Twenty-FourLecture One Theories of Myth Interpretation

Greek Theories

Greek Theories • Rationalism • Xenophanes • Allegory • Symbolism

Physical Allegory

Physical Allegory • Theagenes • Stoics • Allegory • Etymology

Historical Allegory

Historical Allegory • Euhemerism • Palaephatus • Disease of language

Moral Allegory

Moral Allegory • Neoplatonism • Plotinus • Prophyry

Medieval and Renaissance Theories

Medieval and Renaissance • Allegorical interpretation made pagan myths useful • Or Euhemerism useful to show that pagan myth was idolatry • Fulgentius • Ovid moralisé

Medieval and Renaissance • Botticelli • Marsilio Ficino • Alchemists • Michael Maier, Atalanta fugiens • Homer and the Old Testament

Theories of the Enlightenment

Theories of the Enlightenment • Bernard Fontenelle

Theories of the Enlightenment • Bernard Fontenelle • De l’origine des fables • Giambattista Vico • The three stages of history

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Chapter Twenty-Four Lecture One

Chapter Twenty-Four Lecture One

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