Unlike Homer, Hesiod wrote with divine inspiration regarding his beliefs on the birth of the gods, rather than the Trojan War. Hesiod’s gods in Theogony and Works and Days portray features on the opposite of Homer’s gods’ spectrum. Rather than a negative outlook with actions being impulsive, Hesiod’s gods have orderly ones, with Divine Actions. In Theogony, Hesiod states that the gods “..breathed a sacred voice into [his] mouth/ with which to celebrate the things to come” (33-34). Instead of focusing on lies, Hesiod portrays actions from the God’s as truthful, so they’re worthy of belief.…
Odysseus, the fabled hero from The Odyssey, and Che Guevara, the renowned revolutionary, both endure the stages of the hero’s journey of Trials, Allies, and Enemies, the Road Back, and the Supreme Ordeal, however Guevara’s journey gave humanity the strength to fight for one’s values, no matter the consequence. Both of the heroes face the stage of the Trials, Allies, and Enemies. Odysseus faces various tests such as Poseidon drowning him, but thankfully Odysseus makes friends with a mermaid, Nausicaa, and King Alcinoos. All of them help to bring him home. To illustrate, Odysseus describes his journey to Scheria to King Alcinoos, “There I was stranded for seven long years.…
The Middle Ages, a time period in Europe where the thriving society after the Roman Empire declined, and the population was affected by many of the ongoing conflicts. The time of the Middle Ages lasted from 500-1500 CE. Around 1339 in northwestern Europe, the population was beginning to outgrow the food supply and relentless economic crisis began to take place. The winters were extremely cold and the summers were dry. Due to this extreme weather, very few crops made it past harvest and those that grew were dying.…
The Aeneid, a long poem written by Vergil, focuses on the journey of the Trojan Aeneas and his men as they travel to found Rome. Vergil’s intricate and carefully planned writing provides a background to each character and place that the heroes encounter on their travels. In Book One, three gods; Juno, Aeolus, and Neptune; give speeches that give insight into their personalities. Juno is the queen of the gods who fears and dislikes Aeneas because he has the potential to overthrow her beloved city of Carthage. Aeolus is the god of the winds who assists Juno in attempting to throw Aeneas off course.…
Roman and Greek mythology consist of multiple interpretations of how the creator, be it the gods or nature, contributed to the birth of the world. These stories draw the backgrounds of the gods and goddesses that govern much of classical mythology. Ovid’s Metamorphoses and Hesiod’s Theogony are two pieces of work that account for how our universe came to be. A comparison of Theogony with Metamorphoses reveals that Hesiod’s creation story portrays the deities as having an omnipresent, powerful function who are at the center of the universe’s creation whereas, in Metamorphoses, the gods do not play a significant role; rather the humans are at the center of the creation.…
Hesiod 's Theogony provides theories and stories of the representation of how the earth was developed and how the god 's started their beginnings. Ovid 's point of view provides a different depiction of Hesiod 's demonstration in the Book Metamorphoses as represented in his Theogony, a different depiction of the story The Creation as represented in his cosmogony, and a different depiction of the story The Four Ages, as represented in his cosmology. With all of these differences it is very interesting to find the similarities in the stories of Metamorphoses & Theogony told by the both Ovid and Hesiod. Both Hesiod and Ovid have similarities, as well as differences in their understanding of how the universe and mankind began.…
Castiglione said that the arguments like Hesiod’s are only coming from the old because they think that the old age is better than the current age, but they do not realize that there is not much different between the old and new age; there are bad and good people in the society whether you live in the old age or the new age. The old tended to think that their age was perfect and there was not any negative aspect, but they did not realized that it is impossible to have a perfect society with only good people. Because of the new labour and new growth, bad people were able to find more resources for violence, but that did not mean that there were no bad people in the old age. The bad people from the old age were bad in the old style, which cannot…
The underworld is one of the most interesting and mystifying ideas of Greek literature. There are various myths of the location to this world, what souls experience there, and how to access it. Multiple authors and bards contributed to the creation of the underworld, each adding or tweaking previous portrayals. In particular, Homer and Hesiod spoke of the underworld in many of their works. Hesiod focuses more on describing the creation of the underworld, its roots, and primary rulers.…
There were four arguments and a myth given in the Phaedo in an attempt to prove the immortality of the soul. The first argument is that things come from their opposites. In this argument small things come from larger, weaker from the stronger and faster from the slower. “Then if something smaller comes to be, it will come from something larger before, which became smaller? That is so, he said.…
In Hesiod’s Theogony Zeus is not a just God to his people in the way that he punishes everyone for the acts that only one man committed, rather than just punishing a single individual. For example, Zeus is an extremely vengeful God and this is displayed at the Trick at Mecone as well as in the creation of Pandora. At the Trick at Mecone when Prometheus deceives Zeus by placing a pile of ox beef disguised in intestines and a pile of bones disguised in shiny fat for Zeus to choose from so the Gods and the mortals can negotiate the sacrifice that will be given (Hesiod, Theogony, 540-543), Zeus becomes angry at Prometheus for his trickery and not only punishes Prometheus for deceiving him but “wouldn’t give the power of weariless fire to the…
The Iron age best describes our current society because of the constant greed, hate, and distrust people have for each other and the world around them. In the Greek myth “The Four Ages”, Ovid states that humans “dug into her [the Earth’s] vitals, pried out the wealth a kinder lord had hidden… all that precious metal, the root of evil” (15-17). During the Iron Age is when humans turned greedy. Today, humans want more and more of Earth’s resources, and even after finding precious metals like iron and gold, they still want more. Ovid also explains that “War came forth that uses both to fight with; bloody hands brandished the clashishing weapons” (19-20).…
The Hydra You have just taken a hike through the woods and then you discover a salt water lake. Seeing a strange portal, curious, you swim towards it. You go on to the miniscule island that the portal is on. As you start to get near the portal a thick fog starts to form and you can’t see anything. The ground starts to tremble at your feet as a gigantic figure rises from the shadows.…
The middle ages was an era of European history caused by a gradual decline in the Roman Empire. It was known as “the dark ages” when society declined, taking place between the 500s to the 1500s. The renaissance took place between the 1300s and 1600s and was the “rebirth” of society. The renaissance began after the wars and plagues when people wanted to celebrate life and the human spirit. This was a period of revival for art, writing, and learning.…
Aeneas is the son of a mortal man, Anchises, and the goddess Aphrodite. One day Aeneas has a dream in which he is told that his destiny is to sail to the Western Country of Italy. During the travel he and his crew encounter Harpies and when they are unable to defeat them they are left no other option except to try and escape. After a successful escape Aeneas and his crew meet his cousin Hector’s widow, Andromache, who has been captured by Achilles’ son during the war. After Achilles’ son dies Andromache escapes enslavement and marries Helenus, the Trojan prophet.…
The Athenian golden Age was brought about by the defeat of the Persian army. This defeat brought about significant overall advances that would shape the world as we see it today. This includes advancements in government, literature, drama, philosophy, and the arts. The beginning of the end of this golden age started in 431 BC and lasted for 27 years. Known as the Peloponnesian war, a war between Sparta and its allies and Athens would tear apart the union between the two city-states it once had to defeat the Persian Empire.…