▁derived ▁from ▁his ▁reading , ▁even ▁though ▁much ▁of ▁his ▁treatment ▁of ▁gods ▁is ▁colored ▁by ▁Egypt ian ▁and ▁North ▁African ▁myth ology ▁and ▁the ology ▁( which ▁also ▁affect ▁the ▁interpretation ▁of ▁Vir g il ). ▁In ▁Sat urn alia ▁re app ear ▁myth ographical ▁comments ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁Eu hem er ists , ▁the ▁Sto ics ▁and ▁the ▁Ne op lat on ists . ▁ ▁Modern ▁interpret ations ▁ ▁The ▁gen esis ▁of ▁modern ▁understanding ▁of ▁Greek ▁myth ology ▁is ▁regarded ▁by ▁some ▁sch ol ars ▁as ▁a ▁double ▁reaction ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁eigh teenth ▁century ▁against ▁" the ▁traditional ▁attitude ▁of ▁Christian ▁anim os ity ", ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁Christian ▁re inter pret ation ▁of ▁myth ▁as ▁a ▁" lie " ▁or ▁f able ▁had ▁been ▁retained . ▁In ▁Germany , ▁by ▁about ▁ 1 7 9 5 , ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁growing ▁interest ▁in ▁H omer ▁and ▁Greek ▁myth ology . ▁In ▁Gött ingen , ▁Johann ▁Matth ias ▁Ges ner ▁began ▁to ▁rev ive ▁Greek ▁studies , ▁while ▁his ▁successor , ▁Christian ▁Gott lob ▁Hey ne , ▁worked ▁with ▁Johann ▁Jo achim ▁Win ck el mann , ▁and ▁laid ▁the ▁found ations ▁for ▁myth ological ▁research ▁both ▁in ▁Germany ▁and ▁elsewhere . ▁ ▁Compar ative ▁and ▁ps y cho anal yt ic ▁approaches ▁ ▁The ▁development ▁of ▁compar ative ▁phil ology ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁together ▁with ▁eth n ological ▁discover ies ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁established ▁the ▁science