Rethinking mythology in Greek museums through contemporary culture

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Antonopoulou, Marina
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Contemporary Greek mythology 10
2. Data sources and methodology 20
The interviewees 20
The qualitative interview method 27
The interviews 30
Transcribing and analysis of the interviews 39
Additional sources of information 42
Conclusion 46
Introduction 47
Antiquity: euhemerism, mythography and allegoresis 49
From Antiquity to the 18th century: from allegoresis to early 'primitivism' 50
19th and 20th century: from 'comparative mythology' and ritualism to
functionalism and psychoanalysis 51
Myth and meaning in the context of this thesis 57
The myth of Medusa 59
Introducing Medusa 59
Introduction
'Pre-Hellenic' myths vs 'Classical myths'
'Pre-Hellenic' myths and 'Classical' myths: the distinction
Pre-Hellenic myths and the divine self
Summary
Gaea
Myths as psychological tendencies
Myths as behavioural exempla
Summary 138
Summary 145
Ancient gods in contemporary art 148
Old myths with a new face 151
The birth of new myths 157
The qualities of contemporary myths 161
Summary 163
Urban Myths 165
Introduction
The context of the relationship
The status of Greek mythology in Greek archaeological
situation today
Implications for Greek mythology 201
Mythology and the 'new' museum experience 209
From theory to practice 211
Artists and museums 212
Introduction 219
Greek mythology's internationality: Deucalion and Pyrrha 226
Greek mythology and the human psyche: The Kourites 231
Greek myths as guides of behavior: Circe, Hermes and Odysseus 239
The concept of a divine nature: Gaea and Demeter 243
Contemporary mythology: Urban myths in the archaeological 255
museum
Summary
Conclusion
Appendix 2. Interview with Yiannis Aggelakas
Appendix 3. Interview with Pavlos Pavlidis
Appendix 4. Interview with Dimitris Zervoudakis
Appendix 5. Interview with Thanasis Papakonstantinou
Appendix 6. Interview with Dionysis Sawopoulos
Appendix 7. Interview with Takis Simotas
Appendix 8. Interview with Tilemachos Alaveras
Appendix 9. Interview with Kostas lachas
Appendix 10. Interview with Fani Melfou-Grammatikou
Appendix 11. Interview with Prodromos Markoglou
Appendix 12. Interview with Sotos Zachariadis
Appendix 13. Interview with Stavros Panagiotakis
Appendix 14. Interview with Ector Mavridis
Appendix 15. Interview with Pavlos Vasileiadis
Appendix 16. Interview with Dimitris and Stefania Gardikiotis
Appendix 17. Interview with Evaggelos Venizelos
Appendix 18. Interview with Malamatenia Skaltsa
Appendix 19. Interview with Polyxeni Veleni
Appendix 20. 'Ithaca', C. Cavafis
Appendix 21. 'Musee des Beaux Arts', W. H. Auden
Appendix 22. Mythological Glossary
CD ROM with interviews
Figure 1 Greek mythology as trademark. 3 Marina Antonopoulou .
Figure 2 Greek mythology in the urban landscape. 3 Marina Antonopoulou .
Figure 3 The Academy of Athens. 4 http://www.caspercomsci.com/images/greece/athens06.jpg
Figure 4 The first building of the Aristotle University campus. 4 http:Uupload.wikimedia .orgLwikipediaLe1L2L2SL%CE%A6%CE%B9%CE %BB%CE%BF%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%86%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE %CE %A3%CF%87%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%AE %CE%91%CE%AO%CE%98.jpg
Figure 5 Stamps with Greek mythical gods. 17
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Figure 6 The goddess with the snakes opens the parade at the 18 Olympic Games 2004.
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Centaur, the Dodecatheon, Eros, Heracles, the Hydra and 18 Oedipus with the Sphinx. http://www .youtu be. com/watch ?v=sl FIVPKvOzQ& feature-related
Contemporary performances of ancient Greek drama. 19 Antigone poster: http://www.ntng.gr/UserFiles/lmage/PP0207vOO/PP0207P0001vOO.jp g
Cyclops poster: http://www .ntng.gr /default.asp ?siteiD=l&pageNo=4&pageiD=36&en trviD=&tablePageiD=17&1angiD=1&display=photos
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St. Demetrius Is the 'face' of the Aristotle University. http://www.auth.gr/home/index en.html
'Absolute Thessalonikl'. http:/lstatic.flickr.com/46/140192016 1139544bbb o.jpg
The pediment of the temple of Artemis in Corfu.
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'Medusa', by Caravaggio. 66 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/O/OO/Medusa by Caravag gjQjpg
7he Head of Medusa', by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Peter Paul Rubens. http://media.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2006/aug/getty/m edusa200.jpg
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'Perseus beheads Medusa', by Honore Marqueste. 67 http://sio.edus.si/stroke/Zgodovina/Z%20racunalnikom%20v%20antik o/perzei/perzlO.jpg
Detail of 'Perseus beheads Medusa', by Marqueste. 6 7 http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http:ljwww.artandarchitec ture.org.uk/assets/aa image/90/d/0/b/3/d0b34c1762a87d79S59a49 Odllfa5adf47f6e595.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.artandarchitecture.o rg.uk/search/results.htmi%3F creators%3DULAN53435%26display%3 DMarqueste%252C%2BLaurent­ Honor%25C3%25A9&h=90&w=63&sz=3&hl=en&start=6&tbnjd=Otws uUmBOOM6jM:&tbnh=78&tbnw=SS&prev=/images%3Fg%3DMarques te%2BLaurent%2BHonor%25C3%25A9%2Bmedusa%26gbv%3D2%26s vnum%3010%26hi%3Den%26sa%3DG
Perseus with the Head of Medusa, by Canova. 68 http://www.bluffton.edu/-sullivanm/canova/perseuswhole.jpg
'Perseus with the Head of Medusa', by Celliini. 68 http://www.uwm.edu/Course/mvthology/0800/cpl.jpg
'Aspecta Medusa', by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. 68 http://www.rossettiarchive.org/img/s183.jpg
Madonna takes over the role of Medusa. 69 Marble head of a Gorgon statue: http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=990&rendTypeld=4
Madonna in 'Vogue': http://makeupbeat.com/blog/wp­
Figure 23 Posters for Malamas' concerts. 73 http://users . hol.gr/~dougas/htmls/ARTICLES/epsilon . htm l
Figure 24 Yiannis Aggelakas. 74 'EijJtltov (Epsilon magazine) 67, p. 38.
Figure 25 Posters for Trypes' concerts. 74 http://www/trvpes.tk/
Figure 26 A concert against the acolytes of St Valentine'. Poster for 75 Trypes' concert. http :L{_bp 1. blogger .comL Qp F J 67F0xg Y LRS loE GS 6og1LAAAAAAAAA tU L-bsCITZakSwLs
Figure 27 Poster for the promotion of Aggelakas' first solo album. 75 Marina Antonopoulou .
Figure 28 Poster for concert of Yiannis Aggelakas and 'The Visitors'. 76 http :LLwww.enjoy.grLimagesLarticlesLmusic/aggelakasl. jpg
Figure 29 Aggelakas and 7he Visitors' on stage. 76 http:LLwww.al ltogethernow.grLimagesLapodokepanoLgagarinll OS 0 lJ.pg
Figure 30 Pavlos Pavlidis. 77 'EijJtltov (Epsilon magazine) 59, p. 34.
Figure 31 Cover of the album 'Afou loipon xehastika'. 78 Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 32 Cover of the album 'Alii mia mera'. 78 Marina Antonopoulou .
Figure 33 Dimitris Zervoudakis. 79 http:LLwww.libramusic.grLmediaLartistsLnew%20artistsaervoudakis. j
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Figure 37 Papakonstantinou on stage. 82 http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/8738/than18tob8bd .jpg
Figure 38 Dionysis Savvopoulos. 83 http: 1/userserve-a k.l a st. fm/serve/50/39484. jpg
Figure 39 Cover of Savvopoulos' first album. 84 http://www.mic.gr/dbimages/10627 l.ipg
Figure 40 Cover of Savvopulos' latest album. 84 http :LLsu p. kathi m eri ni .gr Lkath n ewsLphotosL30-03-07 L30-03- 07 186259 21.ipg
Figure 41 Cover of Takis Simotas' novel '0 Lakkos'. 85 Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 42 Tilemachos Alaveras. 86 http://www.greece2001.grLwritersLphotosL1argeLalaveral .jpg
Figure 43 Kostas Lachos. 88 l<j>uplc511c;, n. (Sfyridis, P.), Ev BwaaJ..oviKf] 13 auyxpovoL
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authors of Thessaloniki. Essay-Anthology), 8Eoo<lAovlK11 (Thessaloniki): lavoc; (lanos), 2001, p. 236.
Figure 44 Kostas Lachas in front of his works in an art gallery. 89 http://alemaniahoy.comLdwLarticleL0.2144,3002928.00.html
Figure 45 Kostas Lachas. Untitled. Oil on canvas. 90 Aaxac;, K., nEpu ..\uxvwv acpac; (Lachas, K., On the touches
of the links), Q>uMac5w EK8Eo11c; (exhibition leaflet).
Figure 46 Kostas Lachas. Untitled. Oil on canvas. 90 http://a lemaniahoy.comLdwLarticleL0.2144,3002928.00.html
Figure 47 Fani Melfou-Grammatikou. 91 Aethra Grammatikou.
Figure 48 Cover of Melfou-Grammatikou's novel 'Thessaloniki- 91 Crete: Meeting at Erigonas'. Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 49 Prodromos Markoglou. 92
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Sotos Zachariadis' works. http://www.sketbe.com/zaxariadis Gallery.html
Zachariadis performing outside a central cafe of Thessaloniki. http://www.commedia .net.gr/news/photo.en.asp?SNID=7
Stavros Panagiotakis. http://www.istoagora.gr/s.panayotakis/index.html
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Stavros Panagiotakis. Bottling of senses' (ccEJJqJtaAwaEtr; atC1'8tjaEWV>>). Bottles, gels, liquids, bulbs. navaytwTaK'lc;, h. Ton:ia-!Joxcia 2002. (Panagiotakis, St.
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Stavros Panagiotakis. 'Composition with objects'. navayLWTCtKilc;, IT. Ton:ia-!JOXEia 2002. (Panagiotakis, St.
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Stavros Panagiotakis. 'Composition'. navayLWTCtKilc;, h . Ton:ia-!Joxcia 2002. (Panagiotakis, St. Landscapes-Vessels). <lluJv\aow EKIJcafJt; (Exhibition leaflet).
Ector Mavridis. 'In Awe of Solidity'. http ://users.otenet.gr/-ektorasm/
Ector Mavridis. 'Untitled' (1). http://users.otenet.gr/-ektorasm/
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Ector Mavridis. 'Upside down, the way is the same'.
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Figure 62 Pavlos Vasileiadis. 101 BaalJ.wiOrJ<;, n. Mu!Joypacpia (Vasileiadis, P. Mythography) .
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Figure 63 Pavlos Vasileiadis. 'Feggari'. 102 BaatAELclOr]<;, n. YnEptw6Et<; Xwpot. 8eaaaAoviKr]l998 (Vasileiadis, P. Ultraviolet spaces. Thessaloniki 1998). CJ>uM.aow aEtpa<; (Series leaflet).
Figure 64 Pavlos Vasileiadis. 'Orpheus'. 102 BaaLAELclOrJ<;, n. Mu!Joypacpia (Vasileiadis, P. Mythography) . CJ>uM.a6to iKIJEaf)<; (Exhibition leaflet).
Figure 65 Pavlos Vasileiadis. 'Evrynome'. 102 BaaLAELaOrJ<;, n. Mu!Joypacpia (Vasileiadis, P. Mythography). CJ>uM.aow iKIJEaf)<; (Exhibition leaflet).
Figure 66 Stefania and Dimitris Gardikiotis. 7hessaloniki, mermaid, 104 sister of Alexander the Great'. From the invitation to the Opening of the exhibition 'Thessaloniki, mermaid, sister of Alexander the Great'.
Figure 67 Yiannis Zikas. Untitled paintings. 105 Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 68 Yiannis Zikas. Untitled painting. 106 Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 69 Yiannis Zikas. 'Couple'. 106 Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 70 'Hesperus'. Pavlos Vasileiadis. 108 BaaLJ.wiOrJ<;, n. Mu!Joypacpia (Vasileiadis, P. Mythography).
CJ>uM.aow iKIJEatJ<; (Exhibition leaflet) .
Figure 71 'Pasiphae'. Pavlos Vasi/eiadis. 108 BaaLAEUIOrJ<;, n. Mu!Joypacpia (Vasileiadis, P. Mythography) . CJ>uM.aow iKIJEaf)<; (Exhibition leaflet).
Figure 72 'Orpheus'. Pavlos Vasileiadis. 109 BaalJ.wiOrJ<;, n. Mu!Joypacpia (Vasileiadis, P. Mythography). a>uM.aow iKIJEaf)<; (Exhibition leaflet).
Figure 73 'Phaethon'. Pavlos Vasileiadis. 109
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The punishment of Sisyphus. Black figured amphora. 110 http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=9364&rendTypeld-4
Prometheus bound. Black-figured kylix. 110 http://mv.vat ican.va/1 CommonFiles/media/photographs/MGE/043 MGE 16592 BS go.jpg
Poster from the exhibition 'Shaping the Beginning'. 115 http://images.google.com{imgres?imgurl=http://www.cycladic­ m.gr/imagesSHAPING THE BEGINNING/DSC00276.jpg&imgrefurl-htt p://www .cycladic- m.gr/gr version/modern.htm&h=267&w=200&sz=12&hl=en&start-1 &tbnid=fiWUfSrjUI-TIM:&tbnh=113&tbnw-85&prev-
'Oceanus and Gaia'. Pavlos Vasileiadis. Bao1Aeui611c;, n. Mu{Joypacpia (Vasileiadis, P. Mythography). Cl>uM.a6to iK{}Eaf1c; (Exhibition leaflet).
'Uranus and Gaia'. Pavlos Vasileiadis. Bao1Aeuili11c;, n. Mu{Joypacpia (Vasileiadis, P. Mythography).
Cl>uM.aow iKl'JEaf1c; (Exhibition leaflet) .
'Gaea and Ether'. Pavlos Vasileiadis. Bao1AwicS11c;, n. Mu{Joypacpia (Vasileiadis, P. Mythography).
Cl>uM.aow iK{}Eaf1c; (Exhibition leaflet).
The entrance to the ldaion Andron. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://images.tournet.gr/p hotos/1266/017. jpg&imgrefurl=http://www .crete.tournet.gr /I de on A ndron Cave-si-1120- el .jsp&h=207&w=310&sz=27&hl=en&start=21&tbnid=zQMecvUUbS1 KSM :&tbnh=78&tbnw=117&prev=/images%3Fg%3D%2SCE%2599%25 CE%2SB4%2SCE%2SB1%2SCE%25B9%25CE%25BF%25CE%25BD%2B% 25CE%2S91%2SCE%2SBD%25CF%2584%2SCF%2581%2SCE%25BF%25 CE%25BD%26start%3D18%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D18%26svnum%3 D10%26hi%3Den%26sa%3DN
The Kourites. Relief of the first century A.D. http://pantheon.20m.com/images/koribantes.gif
Odysseus approaches Penelope. Greek me/ian. http://www.vroma.org/images/raia images/odysseus penelope.jpg
'Kiotho'. Pavlos Vasileladis. http://www.mmca .org.gr/el/collection.htm?m=1&1=2;389
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The location of the Symblagades. http://livingheritage.org/pix/symplegades.jpg
Argo before the Symplegades. http://livingheritage.org/pix/argonauts-3SO.jpg
Sketch of the converted workshop of Zachariadis. Marina Antonopoulou.
Container with sand in a Greek Orthodox church. http://bpl.blogger.com/ oXGTJNTtTnO/RwUYPiKkhCI/AAAAAAAAAFk /ErGay7vaBfO/S150/eyxes.jpg\
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Figure 90 A typical templum of a Greek Orthodox church. 141 http://www.greekcathedral .com/graphics/iconscreen.jpg
Figures 91-9 2 'Eden'. From the performance in 'Paradise Bath'. 142-143 navayLWl:UKI"]<;, Ll:. (Panagiotakis, St.), E8ij1. 'Eva eLKaanK6 6pWJ1eVO BaaLCJJAEVO aro tnoc; rou fKtAVKaJAEt:; (Eden. A visual art project based on the Epic of Gi/gamesh), GeocraAovlKI"J
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Figure 93 'Eden'. From the performance in 'Forest Theatre'. 143 http://www.beijingbiennale .state.gr/gr/panagiotakis stavros gr.html
Figure 94 Hotels with the name 'Atlantis'. 147 Santorini :
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'Offering to the temple of Artemis'. Sotos Zachariadis. Zachariadis, S. ed. International Art Festival 'Art Village'. 'The sacred in art'. Nea Fokea, Chalkidiki 1993.
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The ancient Prometheus and his contemporary 'reincarnations'. Ernesto'Che'Guevara :http://www.argentour.com/images/ che_gu ev ara_prisionero.jpg
Comandant Marcos: http://www.zerozen.com/blog/wp­ content/imagenes/2007/11/subcomandantema rcos. jpg
7he fall of Icarus', Peter Bruegel. http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bruegel/icarus.jpg
Badge of 'Scholi lcaron'. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://koti.welho.com/msol anak/badgeikaron .gif&imgrefurl=http://koti.welho.com/msolanak/ba dges.html&h=176&w=150&sz=13&hl=en&start=22&tbnid=rvgwZHmtl AVyNM:&tbnh=lOO&tbnw=85&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%25CE%25A3 %25CF%2587%25CE%25BF%25CE%25BB%25CE%25B7%2B%25CE%25 99%25CE%25BA%25CE%25Bl%25CF%2581%25CF%2589%25CE%25B D%26start%3D18%26gbv%302%26ndsp%3Dl8%26svnum%3D10%26h I%3Den%26sa%3
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Close-up of Icarus' statue. 155 http://www.daki .gr/Web%20Photos/Generai%20Photos/ikaros%20ag alma.JPG
The many faces of the Sphinx. 156 The Egyptian Sphinx: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/3499/Sphinxl .jpg
The Greek Sphinx, as a tomb sign: http://www.windmillstravel .com/photos/17846-small .jpg
The Greek Sphinx in the Oedipus' myth : http://www.ancientworlds.net/aworlds media/ibase 1/00/08/55/00 085574 320.jpg
Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci : http://www.kol ivas.de/bilderS/monallsa .jpg
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Vassilis Tsitsanis. 159 http://www.aegean.gr/gympeir/tsitsanis.files/imageOOS.jpg
Manos Chadjidakis. http ://i pare mvasi . files. wordpress.com/2007/06/530. j pg
St. Cosmos the Aetolian. http://dim-rizou.pel.sch.gr/papers/mar2005/image022.jpg
Evaggelos Venizelos. http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/3828/lzu9.jpg
Malamatenia Skaltsa. Enu\ovft; (Epiloges magazine), 579, 24 march 2007, p. 76.
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Sphinx from a grave in Kerameikos cemetery. 17 4 http://upload.wikipedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/KAMA Sphinx fun%C3%A9raire l.jpg/508px-
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Hermes as psychopomp. Carved funerary lekythos. 17 4 http://upload .wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/NAMA
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Dionysus as companion in banqueting. http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus images/dion eye.jpg
Cult statue of Apollo from Delphi. http://www .grise! . net/images/greece/Del ph i54.J PG
East frieze of the Siphnian Thesaurus. http://www.windows.ucar.edu/mythology/images/symposium gods .ill!lP& (detail)
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Figure115 Detail from the pediment of the Siphnian Thesaurus. 175 http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Arts/Archaic/SiphnianTrl.jpg
Figure 116 Statuette of Poseidon from Pella. 176 Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 117 Hermes of Praxiteles. 177 Marina Antonopoulou .
Figure118 Sphinx from the temple of Artemis Laphris at Calydan. 178 http:Lf_image64.webshots.comL46~LSL45L24L2962545240031963949Iz gsbH fs.ipg
Figure 119 Head of Hera from the Argive Heraion. 179 http:LLi mageS 7. webshots.comL757 L3LS9L83L2263359830031963949a lvDUd fs.jpg
Figure 120 Zeus or Poseidon of Artemis/on. 180 Marina Antonopoulou .
Figure 121 Athena's and Poseidon's contest from a red-figured 181 hydria. Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 122 Aphrodite and Pan. 182 Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 123 Votive relief with Pluto, Persephone and supplicants. 184 http:LLwww.galle!)l.jazzhaven.comLvotive-relief-with-pluto%2C- persephone%2C-a nd-suppl icants-1255i . htm
Figure 124 Iris with kerykeion from black-figured hypokreterion. 184 http :LLi mage64. webshots.comL368L7 L82L24L23768233403 7863 7871zg
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Figure 125 Head of Apollo. 185 Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 126 Persephone and Pluto. 185 http:LLimages57 .webshots.comL57 LSL79L99L2366579990085605175T Rdure fs.jpg
Figure 127 Statuettes of Cybele, Eros and Aphrodite. 186 Marina Antonopoulou .
Figure 128 Mythological displays from the archaeological Museum 186 ofEieusis.
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Figure 129 Mythology in the archaeological museum of Mycenae. 188 Marina Antonopoulou .
Figure 130 Mythological text panel from the archaeological museum 189 of Mycenae. Marina Antonopoulou .
Figure 131 Text panel with the myth of Rhea, Cronus, baby Zeus and 190 the Corybantes. httQ :LLimage98. websh ots .comL54 7 L9L54L6SL7628 82 7 8659887128221z gsbH fs.ipg
Figure 132 Text panels for the 'Myths and worship' exhibition of the 191 Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 133 'Myth and worship' exhibition of the Archaeological 192 Museum of Thessaloniki. Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 134 Clay bust of Demeter. 'Myth and worship' exhibition. 192 Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 135 Potshred with depiction of Odysseys. 'Myths and 192 worship' exhibition. Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 136 Text panel from the 'Myth and worship' exhibition. 193 Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 137 Votive relief to the god Dionysus. 193 From the 'Myth and worship' exhibition. Marina Antonopoulou .
Figure 138 Landscapes of Athens in the nineteenth century. 195 Left: http:LLbpO.blogger.comL peiT9ZSCNB4LRu7rRM9Ug51LAAAAAAAAAb ULlzMwlweDiGo[s1600-hLath%C3%A8nes,%201%C2%B4acropole.jpg
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Mythical figures as 'quality guarantors' of commodities.
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Mythical figures with an absurd relation to the advertised commodities.
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Cover of the book 7he technology of the gods'. http:LLwww.liako.gr/prd imagesL2006090119235088.jpg
Cover of the book 7hey live among us'. Marina Antonopoulou.
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Figure 149 Mock-up text panel. The heroic qualities of Odysseus. 222 Marina Antonopoulou . KoAWVLa, P. (Kolonia, R.), To apxatOAOVtK6 J.lOUaE{o rwv LlEAq>wv (The archaeological museum of Delphi), AO~va (Athens) :
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Figure 150 Mock-up text panel. Odysseus was the archetypical 223 immigrant. Marina Antonopoulou. http://summit.k12.co.us/schools/shs/computer/lfrvkholm/journey.gif
Figure 151 Mock-up text panel. We are all immigrants'. Graffiti on 224 a wall in Thessaloniki. Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 152 Mock-up text panel. World map with the distribution of 227 the mythical motif of the flood. Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 153 Mock-up text panel. Papakonstantinou and the myth of 228 Deucalion. Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 154 Mock-up text panel. Thanassis Papakonstantinou on 229 myths' internationality. Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 155 Mock-up text panel. Myths join us. 230 Right: Marina Antonopoulou. Left: http:Llbpl .blogger.comL AFdXC7xGJlwLRcNllXCkwCGILAAAAAAAAAA kL9Mj02esObG4Lsl600-h/v.jpg
Figure 156 Mock-up text panel. Malamas and the myths' 233 psychological function. Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 157 Mock-up text panel. Aggelakas on myths' psychological 233 function. Marina Antonopoulou .
Figure 158 Mock- up text panel. Vasileiadls on myths' diachronism. 234 Marina Antonopoulou .
Figure 159 Mock-up text panel. The Kourites in religion and myth. 236
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Mock-up text panel. Aggelakas and the Kourites' meaning. Marina Antonopoulou.
Mock-up text panel. Song 'Like hell/ will cry!' Marina Antonopoulou.
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Mock- up text panel. Song 'Circe', by Socratis Mala mas. 241 Marina Antonopoulou .
Mock-up text panel. Odysseus and Circe. 241 Marina Antonopoulou.
Mock-up text panel. Malamas and Circe. 242 Marina Antonopoulou.
Mock-up text panel. Savvopoulos and myths as guides. Marina Antonopoulou.
Mock-up text panel. The visitor is invited to find their myth. Marina Antonopoulou.
Mock-up text panel. Gaea as earth. Gaea statuette: http:// cache. eb .com/ eb/i mage? id= 11643& rendTypeld=4
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Figure 171 Mock-up text panel. Earth as Gaea. 247 Marina Antonopoulou . htt~;~ :LLglobal-warming . accuweather.comLblog~;~icsLglobe-modis- browse.jpg
Figure 172 Mock-up text panel. The unification with Demeter 249 through the kykeon. Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 173 Mock-up text panel. Aggelakas on the 'Eieusinian 249 Mysteries'. Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 174 Mock-up text panel. 'Persephone's Nightmare'. 253 Marina Antonopoulou .
Figure 175 Mock-up text panel. Translating ecology through 254 mythology. Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 176 Mock-up text panel on Weber and the world's 256 disenchantment. Marina Antonopoulou .
Figure 177 Mock-up text panel. Zervoudakis on urban myths. 257 Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 178 'Las lncantadas' in the Archaeological Museum of 258 Thessalonikl. Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 179 Interactive urban map in the Archaeological Museum of 260 Thessaloniki. Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 180 Mock-up text panel. Pavlidis on contemporary 261 mythology. Marina Antonopoulou.
Figure 181 Sotos Zachariadis. The unknown saint. 426 Cover of the CD Xao11 hepytoc; Kwnac;, FOR A, 1997.
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List of Tables
Table 1 A juxtaposition of the qualitative and quantitative 28-29 methods' features.
Burns W. Introduction to the research methods. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2000, pp. 391-392.
Table 2 The main discussion point of the interviews. 33-35
Table3 Interview Guide and research questions. 35-38
Table 4 An example af common patterns and linkages. 41
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Abstract
This thesis investigates the character with which Greek mythology, one of the most
durable manifestations of ancient Greek heritage, survives in the perception of
contemporary Greeks, and the role that Greek museums do and could play in this.
The starting point for this investigation is the appraisal of Greek mythology
as an ideological creation of ancient Greece that bears pan-human and diachronic
intellectual and cultural potency and, as such, constitutes a significant interpretative
tool for the contemporary Greek individual. More specifically, this thesis reconsiders
the relationships between Greek mythology, Greek museums and Greek people, using
as a bridge contemporary Greek art. It does so in three main chapters, which
investigate and analyze different parameters of this nexus of relationships. Greek
mythology's adaptations by contemporary Greek society are also explored in an attempt
to establish the dominant contemporary meanings of Greek mythology. Then, the
relation of a specific cultural manifestation of contemporary Greek society, that of
contemporary art, to Greek mythology is extensively analyzed through a series of
interviews that were conducted exclusively for this thesis. In these interviews,
contemporary Greek musicians, authors and visual artists speak of the position that
Greek mythology possess (or does not possess) in their artistic expression, and discuss
the intellectual and…