Between Mythology And History. The Ancient Poet At The Crossroads Of Truth And False

Today History is based on written documents. So, the Truth resides on the way a source is discovered and worked upon. In other words, history, in searching for the truthfulness of a past event, needs written documents.In the ancient times, where mythology was an important part in the sphere of history, most of the historians were poets. By their special ritual, these glorious storytellers were searching for the truthfulness of a passed fact. Going in the Underworld of gods, where no mortal can, ancient poets were the only guild who, in the middle of a crowd, always spoke the reality. Moreover, these storytellers were reality itself, because the Muses, daughters of Zeus, spoke through them. So when a word was given in from of an immense audience, everyone was part of a sacred ritual; a ritual of the Truth.As the events progress, so History. The power of the ancient and powerful poets, were but an obscure past. Words were transformed into sentences, and the writing system became the basic truthfulness of a past event. And so, forgotten, the old storytellers became mere poets, where fantasy and supernatural were the basic construct of a poetry.