CLA 2323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Rebus, Oceanus, Sons Of God
5 Oct 2015
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First major source of greek writing in archaic period is homer: homer (800 bce, the iliad, hesiod (750 bce, theogony. Troy > ilium/iion> ilias: the odyssey. Odysseus > odysseia: works and days, cosmogony, kosmos (world) + genos (descent, hyperboreans (north) Not immortal: ethiopians (south, aithi ( burnt ) + ops ( face , ethiopians weren"t always dark-skinned, reason: deity helios (sun god that drove the sun chariot) had a son named. Etiological explains why ethiopians are darker and africa is hotter. Phaeton wanted to prove to his friends that he was the son of a god/capable of doing great things. He asked his father to drive the sun chariot. Helios agreed to let him drive it. As soon as phaeton took control of the chariot, the chariot went out of control. It went super high in the sky and people were cold, but over n. Africa it hit the ground making deserts and burning people.
