The document discusses the history of how different ancient cultures conceived of and measured time, including the Sumerians who created the first calendar, Greek mythology which personified time as the god Chronos, and the Mesopotamian epic of Gilgamesh in which Gilgamesh seeks immortality. It also notes how modern society still pursues anti-aging and longevity through cosmetics, diets, and plastic surgery, reflecting ancient desires for immortality.

1. Creation and
destruction of
time

2. Time in the Neolithic age and for
Sumerians
One of the problems that accompanies the
history of man is related to time. The man
of the Neolithic age had to concretely
identify the suitable seasons for sowing
and harvesting. The Sumerians created
the first calendar based on what today we
call: rotation of the earth (day), lunation
(month) and revolution of the earth (year).

4. Time in ancient Greek mythology I
Since time became calculable,it started to
haunt man. So the first big time myth was
born ,the time of the Western world
(Greeks). Greeks thought time was a
primordial God (Chronos), he was born to
the Earth (Gea), who was born to Chaos.

6. Time in ancient Greek mythology II
Time would work in two ways: castrating
father Urano and trying to avoid doing the
same end. For this reason he swallowed
his children born from his union to Rea.
The absence of Chronos’s children
estabilishes the Golden Age.

7. • Schema mitologia

8. GILGAMESH AND
THE SEARCH for
IMMORTALITY

9. In the Mesopotamian area the
same idea is found in the
Gilgamesh story, because
Gilgamesh wants to find his lost
happiness (immortility).So
Gilgamesh goes to Utnapishitim
(the only immortal man in the
world) and asks him how to
become immortal. Utnapishitim
says to Gilgamesh that the only
solution is the herb of eternal
youth.

10. Immortality today
Still in our Modern society, the happiness model implies
deleting time. There are beauty creams (today these
cosmetic products are also for men), beauty’s antiage
treatment,crash diets, plastic surgery and a lot of sport
training. Today these activities for our men and our
women are like a
slice of the “immortality cake”.

11. Noara Brozzesi, Cecilia
Scuotto,Erika Montano
class1 H 2013/14
Liceo Machiavelli, Rome

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