Calímaco e a linguagem universal do mito

Abstract

One aspect of the history of myth in ancient Greece is its gradual transformation into an object of study. Intellectual interest in the interpretation of these narratives which became understood as allegories or historical recollections - began in quite early times, but it is the Hellenistic period that saw the most intense development. The poet Callimachus reacts against these rationalizing ways of reading the traditional narratives. The idea behind the composition of his poems is that only the art of poets could save myth from the process of draining through rationalistic interpretation that deprived it of the enchantment capable of arousing pleasure and delight.