CLAS104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Headache, Cronus, Cypria

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS104
• Professor: Ronald Kroeker

Document Summary

Homer"s) but hesiod"s theogony was the most important. Homer seems to have a diferent idea of how the world was created than hesiod. Thought the world was created from oceanus and tethys. Theogony means birth of gods but hesiod"s theogony is about the creaion of the world -> gods are usually embodiments of the world: background issues, inspiraion: the muses. Muses were goddesses that inspired poets and teachers of ancient greece. Source of inspiraion, honoured the muse to keep his gif. Jusifying his (hesiod"s) story: inspiraion is the only source of knowledge. Muses were the only source of knowledge: purpose: a) to explain the origins of the world. Explaining the past, how the world came about. To explain the origins of the world, but in order to understand how the world is today: origins b) praise gods, esp. At the end of hesiod"s theogony, he spoke of gods maing with mortals which created heroes.