Since the Renaissance, Greek mythology has aroused widespread concern and great interest in Europe. Poets and writers use fairy tales as their creative material. Taking English literature as an example, Shakespeare wrote tragedies based on Greek mythology:> and long poems:>. Milton's poem & gt is not long, but it mentions more than 30 Greek mythical figures and stories. /kloc-Romantic poets in Britain and America praised the colorful Greek and Roman myths in the 0/9th century.
Romantic poets are deeply influenced by Greek mythology and like to write poems with mythical materials. Shelley's:><& lt Pan Zhige >> Keats'. Up to now, it is still a beautiful poem of moxibustion crowd praising mythical figures. However, poets often quote myths and allusions, not only for the beauty of the myth itself, but for the poet's thoughts and feelings. They often express their feelings with scenery, express their feelings with examples, express their worries and anger, and criticize the current drawbacks. Keats takes the love story of Endymion and the moon goddess as the theme. Endymion & gt； Express his pursuit of the best love and happiness. Shelley's
Not only in literature, but also in art, there are countless stories about Greek mythology. During the Renaissance, paintings created by masters such as Michelangelo, Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci with mythical themes became immortal masterpieces and precious wealth of human culture. In psychology, Freud borrowed the story of Oedipus who mistakenly killed his father and married his mother, and created the word Oedipus complex, which in psychoanalysis refers to a kind of desire with instinctive impulse as the core. In terms of literary theory, a group of literary theorists headed by Northrop and Frye appeared in the mid-20th century. They believe that all types of literature, every plot layout of all works, including works that seem extremely complicated and very real on the surface, are repeating some basic formulas of myth archetypes and myths. Greek mythology has also greatly enriched English. Some words, such as chaos (chaos), hypnosis (hypnosis), military (military), teasing (teasing) and so on. , all from Greek mythology. Greek mythology is widely circulated in western society, which has far-reaching influence and permeates all aspects of life. Even scientific and technological development plans are named after fairy tales, such as Trident, Apollo, Poseidon and so on. Some mythical names, place names and allusions have already entered our daily life and become common words known to women and children, such as Trojan horse, Pandora's box, apple awkward, Achilles heel and so on.
It is worth noting that the ancient Romans respected Greek culture. When the ancient Greek civilization declined and Rome officially rose, the Romans almost completely accepted the Greek gods, but they were somewhat different in character (because of the differences between Rome and Greece). Greek mythology also spread to all parts of the west through this unified ancient empire, Rome, and profoundly influenced the culture of the west and the world.