Stories from a distant past that talk about us.
As Sallust wrote: “Myths are things that never happened, but always are.”
Medea’s jealousy, Antigone’s mercy, Phaedra’s destructive passion, Hector’s generosity: myths are able to recount all human emotions, collecting an endless source of symbols and tales.
By analyzing Greek mythology, we can find the fundamentals of mankind’s psychic structure and a series of examples that represent all the main challenges that humanity could face during its existence.
Despite being told for the first time thousands of years ago, these myths can still evoke strong emotions. Because no one is insensitive to a well told story.
Biografia dell'autore
Giulio Guidorizzi taught Greek Literature at the University of Milan and Turin. He’s a Greek scholar and translator into the Italian language of many of the classics of Ancient Greek literature.
