Los mitos griegos y nosotros : Viaje a los cimientos de la civilización occidental

A journey through art, music, film, psychology, and philosophy to discover the profound legacy of Greek mythology throughout the centuries. Mythology is a universal and timeless legacy that represents the absolute human experiences: love, death, birth, betrayal, loneliness, and sex. The tragedy of Oedipus or the determination of Prometheus move us because they speak to our own passions, and for this reason, they continue to resonate with today's readers just as they captivated those who encountered them thousands of years ago. For all these reasons, Greek myths have had enormous significance and influence on all of Western culture. Quoting George Steiner, “We have added very few presences to the seminal presences that Hellas gave us. Our labors are those of Hercules. Our revelations look to Prometheus (Marx wore the image as a talisman). The Minotaur inhabits our labyrinths, and our aviators plummet to earth from the sky like Icarus. Even before Joyce—heureux quien comme Ulysse—our pilgrimages and odysseys were those of Ulysses. The exasperated pain of women continues to be expressed with the voice of Medea. The Trojan women express our lamentations about war. Oedipus and Narcissus dignify and define our complexes.”