CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Theogony, Etiology, Typhon
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Cosmogony: origin of the world (greek kosmos= world; gonia= begetting) Theogony: origin of the gods (greek theos= god) Descriptiive term, one worded or long phrase, to accompany the name of the. Aetiology: myth about how something came to be. Lived 8th-early 7th century bce: writing in the archaic period. This was a time when the alphabet was developed. Gives biographical info about himself, the first poet. Doesn"t particularly like to be alive or women. Hesiod and the muses: modern image can be seen in beginning of disney movie hercules. Hesiod claims to be writing what the muses are speaking to him directly about. "should listen to me because the muses are on my side. " The muses are the daughters of zeus and the titan mnemosyne (memory) Hesiod is expressing doubt about the legitimacy of myth and the extent to which we should believe in it. The goddesses are omniscient; knowing past and future; knowing everything.
