Lecture 2 Flashcards
1
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Hesiod
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- we know he wrote The Theogony and where he’s from because he put it in the prologue
- what we know about his life comes from hundreds of years later when it was published
- can’t really trust these biographies
2
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The Theogony
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- Birth of the gods
- origin story of the gods
- sets up Greek way of ruling things
- generations of the gods
- sets up framework/look of the world (heaven, earth, underworld)
3
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Cosmogony
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-account of origin of the universe
4
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Cosmology
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-statement about the universe’s nature and purpose (logic of the cosmos)
5
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The Muses
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- begin the story with dancing and are inspiring people to create art/literature/music/dance etc…
- they inspire Hesiod with the story and say that he should sing about all the gods but that he must talk about the muses first and last.
6
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Kronion
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-son of Kronos and most important son is Zeus
7
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Chaos
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-comes first
8
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Early gods
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- more of an image not a personified god.
- forces
9
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Gaia
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- Earth
- comes out of Chaos
- parthenogeneic (no father) birth produces Ouranos (heaven), Mountains and Sea
- non-parthenogenic birth with Ouranos produces Ocean, Krios, Hyperion, Lapetos, Theia, Rheia, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoibe, and Thetys
10
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Tartaros
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- underworld
- comes out of Chaos
11
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Eros
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- love
- comes out of Chaos
- spirit of reproduction/regeneration especially in early gods
- very powerful and early eternal force
12
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Night and Erebos
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- Erebos=darkness
- come out of Chaos
13
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Day and Aether
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-come out of night and Erebos
14
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Gaia and Ouranos (Plan)
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-Gaia plans to castrate Ouranos to remove his power
-Hides Kronos so that he can do this
-Blood from castration drips on ground and creates the Furies, Giants, and Ash-tree nymphs
Genitals that fall to earth make Aphrodite
-Kronos now rules the gods because Ouranos is powerless
15
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Furies
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-punish people for wrongdoings
