Mito clásico, gnosticismo y primer cristianismo. la recepción de un tema mítico como mito moderno

Abstract

Introduction: The complex misogyny/phylogyny dichotomy has been discussed and represented through philosophy, religion or myth, since ancient times. The female figure has provided endless pretexts to explain the great disasters that plagued the world, while serving as a paradigm of beauty, purity and/or divinity. Methodology: Methodologically, it falls within the scope of Classical Reception, whose interest determines the way in which ancient literature is reworked and reinterpreted, for which the method of analysis used by thematology has been useful. Results: It is appreciated that the thematic motifs that have been reviewed, repeated, eliminated or added to others already existing in the original myth, adapt to the ethical-religious, aesthetic or philosophical message that is operative in each situation. Discussions and Conclusions: This work, which is based on a research study on the mythical figure of Helen, focuses on the innovations that, through the Pythagoreans, Latin literature and the Gnosticism survive in modern myth and themes. In conclusion, we can affirm that the evolution of this mythical figure fits perfectly with the ideological and aesthetic connotations of the historical context analyzed, and the originality with which it was reviewed is key to its subsequent survival.