▁of ▁their ▁acc ult uration . ▁H omer ▁was ▁the ▁" ed uc ation ▁of ▁Greece " ▁( ), ▁and ▁his ▁poetry ▁" the ▁Book ". ▁ ▁Philosoph y ▁and ▁myth ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁rise ▁of ▁philosophy , ▁history , ▁pro se ▁and ▁rational ism ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 5 th ▁century   BC , ▁the ▁fate ▁of ▁myth ▁became ▁uncertain , ▁and ▁myth ological ▁gene alog ies ▁gave ▁place ▁to ▁a ▁conception ▁of ▁history ▁which ▁tried ▁to ▁exclude ▁the ▁super natural ▁( such ▁as ▁the ▁Th u cy d ide an ▁history ). ▁While ▁po ets ▁and ▁dram at ists ▁were ▁re working ▁the ▁myth s , ▁Greek ▁histor ians ▁and ▁philosoph ers ▁were ▁beginning ▁to ▁critic ize ▁them . ▁ ▁A ▁few ▁radical ▁philosoph ers ▁like ▁X en oph anes ▁of ▁Col oph on ▁were ▁already ▁beginning ▁to ▁label ▁the ▁po ets ' ▁tales ▁as ▁bl as ph em ous ▁lies ▁in ▁the ▁ 6 th ▁century   BC ; ▁X en oph anes ▁had ▁compla ined ▁that ▁H omer ▁and ▁H es iod ▁attributed ▁to ▁the ▁gods ▁" all ▁that ▁is ▁shame ful ▁and ▁dis gra ce ful ▁among ▁men ; ▁they ▁ste al , ▁commit ▁ad ul tery , ▁and ▁dece ive ▁one ▁another ." ▁This ▁line ▁of ▁thought ▁found ▁its ▁most ▁swe eping ▁expression ▁in ▁Pl ato ' s ▁Republic ▁and ▁La ws . ▁Pl ato ▁created ▁his ▁own ▁alleg or ical ▁myth s ▁( such ▁as ▁the ▁vision ▁of ▁Er ▁in ▁the ▁Republic ), ▁attacked ▁the ▁traditional