The Living Myth: Reinterpretation as Literature's Lifeblood
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15353/et.v2i1.7367Keywords:
Homer, Nolan's Odyssey, Adaptation, ReviewAbstract
For the ancient Greeks, myths were not rigid, sacred scriptures, but malleable clay. The Athenian tragedians—Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides—frequently seized upon the same canonical figures from the Trojan War cycle, completely altering their motivations, psychological depths, and moral standings to address contemporary concerns.
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10.09.2026
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