CLASS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Moirai, Hemera, Homeric Hymns

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Classics
• Course: CLASS102
• Professor: Katherine Mac Kay

Document Summary

Clas 102 september 19, 2016 : creation. The cosmogony is the theogony: validates the beginning and the ending. Birth of the universe > birth of the gods. The physical universe is made up of gods: earth, sky, ocean, night, day, etc: human-like attributes. Not a sacred text: translations are disputed/disputable. V . (cid:862)i(cid:374) the (cid:271)egi(cid:374)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g god (cid:272)reated (cid:863) fro(cid:373) the bi(cid:271)le. Chaos, the godd(cid:894)ess(cid:895) (cid:894)(cid:862)the a(cid:271)(cid:455)ss(cid:863) yawn or gap) exists first. Gaea, goddess (ge, earth), tartarus (underworld: personified idea, also the earth. Eros (attraction: concept of sexual love, sexuality, fertility. Effects the gods as well, and is a god in itself. 120-2: for(cid:272)e of se(cid:454)ual attra(cid:272)tio(cid:374), (cid:862)lo(cid:448)eliest of all the i(cid:373)(cid:373)ortals(cid:863) Nyx (night) and erebus (darkness), (hesiod ii. 123-4: features of chaos, and children of chaos, nyx: (hesiod ii. The fates, decide what happens in life. The gods are subject to this as well: nemesis (retribution) What comes and gets you, and the gods experience this as well.