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What does painted pottery tell us about the importance of myth in archaic society?
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Essay 2 11. What does painted pottery tell us about the importance of myth in archaic society? The stories told in myths from archaic Greece are rich in description, and full of information that may tell us what societies from the period were like. A lot of our knowledge about the importance placed on myth in these societies is derived from the physical evidence, which we can still see today. A great deal of this evidence is found in pottery, due to its unusually durable properties, in particular, painted ceramics may show greater detail. From the period of about 1200B.C. till about 800B.C. communities were becoming increasingly stable, due to the settlement of farmers for arable farming in preference to the nomadic farming methods previously used. These newly forming communities meant institutions such as society, religion and politics became more and more commonplace. In these areas of escalating social complexity, iconography was...
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