CLA204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Homeric Hymns, Cronus, Theogony
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Answer the questions of how the world began and how its inhabitants (supernatural and mortal) came into existence. These types of myths are found in virtually all traditions but are culturally specific. In the classical world, creation myths focus on the origins of the gods (theogony) and the origin of mortals. Works and days- works gives advice for living a life of honest work and days- an almanac of days of the month that are (un)favorable for different operations. He is the oldest known greek poet. Consistency in majority of the plot only changes in minor details. Hesiod, theogony hears signing from the muses. Chaos then gaea (earth) then tartarus (place below earth) then eros (sexual love), not the underworld. Nb where chaos came from hesiod doesn"t say. Nb: gaea, tartarus and eros do not come from chaos each are independent. Nb: deliberate vagueness, mystery in early origins of the gods. Titans: oceanus, coeus, crius, cronus, hyperion, lapetus,thela, rhea, themis,
