PSYC100 Lecture Notes - Only Hope, Meliboea, Typhon
31 May 2018
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Hesiod’s Theogony
· Poem written by Hesiod describing the origins and genealogies of the Greek Gods.
· Composed in the 8th century BCE
Hesiod’s Works and Days
· Essentially a “farmer’s almanac” in which Hesiod instructs his brother Perses in the
agricultural arts
· Includes the story of Prometheus and Pandora
Hesiod: The Nine Muses
● Zeus slept with Mnemosyne (Memory) and produced the 9 muses
● Deities that gave artists, philosophers, and individuals the necessary inspiration for
creation
○ Calliope: Epic poetry
○ Clio: History
○ Euterpe: Music, song, and lyric poetry
○ Erato: Love poetry
○ Melpomene: Tragedy
○ Polyhymnia: Hymns
○ Terpsichore: Dance
○ Thalia: Comedy
○ Urania: Astronomy
Chasm
● First thing to exist
● Out of chaos came Gaia and Eros (God of sexual attraction)
○ AND Tartarus
Gaia
● Ancestral mother of all
● Personification of Earth
● Parent of Uranus
○ Bore the Titans with Uranus
● Made the Giants
Eros
● Greek God of sexual attraction
● Came after Chaos, Gaia, and Tartarus
Uranus
● God of the sky/Heaven
● Son and husband of Gaia
Kronos
● Youngest son of Gaia and Uranus
● Leader of the Titans and most powerful
● Uranus cast him down to Tartarus with the rest of the Titans
○ Gaia was mad, helped Kronos get revenge
● Overthrew his father
● Castrated him with a sickle of adamant
● Eventually overthrown by his son Zeus and cast down to Tartarus again
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Cyclopes
● Sons of Uranus and Gaia
● Craftsmen and blacksmiths
● Zeus eventually releases them from Tartarus and provide Zeus with his thunderbolt
Rhea
● Titan Goddess born from Gaia and Uranus
● Sister and wife to Kronos
● “Mother” of the Olympians
Themis
● Titaness of Divine Order
Tethys
● Titan daughter of Uranus and Gaia
Memory (Mnemosyne)
● Titaness of memory
● Mother of the 9 muses with Zeus
Theia
● Eldest daughter of Uranus and Gaia
● Sister to Hyperion
○ Together they ruled the sun, moon, and dawn (Helios, Selene, and Eos)
Phoebe
● N/A
The rule of the Titans (Titans)
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The Sickle of Adamant
● Weapon used by Kronos to castrate his father, Uranus, after Uranus cast down the
Titans to Tartarus
○ Gaia was mad at Uranus for doing such a thing to her children, so she helped
Kronos exact revenge
● Adamant is unbreakable
Aphrodite
● Final offspring of Gaia and Uranus
● After Uranus was castrated, his semen fell from the sky and impregnated the Earth
(Gaia) from the foam in the sea, creating Aphrodite (a forbidden love?)
Cerberus
● 3-headed dog
● Guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the dead from leaving
● Offspring of Echidna and Typhon
Zeus
● Kronos is eating his children that he made with Rhea in fear that they will overthrow him
● Rhea doesnt like this so she takes him and hides him in Crete, and replaces him with a
rock (Omphalos) that Kronos eats, thinking its the child
● Grows up to soon overthrow Kronos and force him to regurgitate all of his brothers and
sisters (the Olympians)
Amalthea (the goat)
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Document Summary
Poem written by hesiod describing the origins and genealogies of the greek gods. Essentially a farmer"s almanac in which hesiod instructs his brother perses in the agricultural arts. Includes the story of prometheus and pandora. Zeus slept with mnemosyne (memory) and produced the 9 muses. Deities that gave artists, philosophers, and individuals the necessary inspiration for creation. Out of chaos came gaia and eros (god of sexual attraction) Leader of the titans and most powerful. Uranus cast him down to tartarus with the rest of the titans. Gaia was mad, helped kronos get revenge. Castrated him with a sickle of adamant. Eventually overthrown by his son zeus and cast down to tartarus again. Zeus eventually releases them from tartarus and provide zeus with his thunderbolt. Titan goddess born from gaia and uranus. Mother of the 9 muses with zeus. Together they ruled the sun, moon, and dawn (helios, selene, and eos)
