CLAS-C - Classical Studies CLAS-C 205 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Musaeum, Cacus, Cronus

• School: IUPUI
• Department: CLAS-C - Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS-C - Classical Studies CLAS-C 205
• Professor: marthapayne

Document Summary

Mouseion: first real library: hall of the muses. What was the mouseion and why was it important for the transmission of myth: the first real library, hall of the muses where the classics of greek literature were gathered together and edited in standard editions. They established critical principles to determine the original form of texts. Metamorphoses, which was the most influential repertory of greek myth. Creation: chaos: 1st to appear, then gaea, tartarus. Succession: uranus, cronus, zeus: gaea asexually produced uranus, uranus/sky and gaea/earth = 6 male and 6 female titans, cronus is last. Zeus + metis: daughter is athena. Born from zeus"s head: what events led to the birth of aphrodite, the events leading to the birth of aphrodite include: the blood fell on the earth, but the genitals themselves fell into the sea. The sea foam, mixed with semen oozing from the organ, sloshed around them until from the foam appeared a being of dreadful power.