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What is Hesiod's Theogony about? |
The birth of the Gods based on his concept of universe on near eastern models (sun, moon, earth) cosmogony + cosmology |
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The Three-Story Universe |
Top Story : Heaven, Olympus (Home of Gods) Middle Story: Earth, Flat Disk shape Bottom Story: Underworld, Realm of Hades( abode of the dead), Tartarus (Titans), shown as a river |
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Typhoeus (Typhon) |
Son of Gaea and Tartarus Defeated by Zeus for absolute power |
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The Catalogue of Women |
The final part of Hesiod's Theogony Recounted the births of heroes, from whom the rulers of his time claimed to descend |
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Enuma Elish (When on high) |
A babylonian epic poem myth of creation Tiamat (God of Salt Water) Anu (God of the sky) Marduk (God of Storms) |
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Marduk The god of Storms |
Turns into a dragon and sliced Tiamat (Salt Water) in half and hung her up to restrain water from escaping |
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Zeus fighting against Typhoeus (Typhon) - Typhoeus was son of Gaea and Tartarus - Zeus had tendons cut by Typhoeus but Hermes came to fix tendons - Zeus Trapped Thyphoeus under Mt. Aetna (Volcano) - Volcano erruptions = Typhoeus trying to escape - similar to mesopotamian god Ninurta vs 7headed dragon. |
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Enuma Elish: Kingu |
Started a war with Tiamat (Salt Water) As punishment, his blood was removed He created mankind from this blood released the gods from suffering by putting into mankind |
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Hurrian-Hittite Epic Poems |
Kingship in Heaven and Song of Ullikummi Kumarbi bites off Anu's Genitals generating Teshub in Theogony, Uranus is castrated by Cronus, father of Zeus common castration theme |
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Theme of going upwards to reach gods (structures, 4 examples) |
Ziggurat at Ur (Chapel to Nanna) Otus and Ephialtes (Stacked 3 mountains) The tower of Babel Jacobs Ladder (dream of angels coming down) |
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How did Hesiod know about Egyptian myths? |
Sea farers would bring tales and beliefs
adapted the venetian alphabet into their own |
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Helikonian Muses |
The Daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne(Memory) Began as one daughter, then split into 9 influences |
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4 Primal Entities |
Chaos Gaea (earth) Tartarus Eros (Love) |
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First Generation Children of Gaea |
Uranus (Heaven) Mountains Pontus (Sea) |
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Children of Gaea and Uranus (son of Gaea) (3 Children) |
Titans (First Generation) Cyclops Hecatonicheires (Hundred-Handed) |
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Earth's first Child |
Uranus |
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Children of Cronus and Rhea (6 Children) |
Hestia Demeter Hera Hades Poseidon Zeus |
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Cronus |
Son of Uranus and Gaea Hated his father and erivates him while having sex with Gaea Uranus' genital blood fell on the earth and created Giants and Erinyes (Furies) Foam of Sea received Uranus' Phallus creating Aphrodite |
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Aphrodite |
Goddess of Love, Pleasure, sexuality (Arrows and wings) Homer: Daughter of Zeus and Dione Hesiod: Daughter of Gaea and Uranus Dervied from Sumerian Inanna and Bablyonian Ishtar |
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Platos Symposium |
MM - derived from sun MF - derived from the moon FF - derived from the earth Zeus punished them and split them into 2 halves each half started looking for the other half Similar to egyptian myth Shu seperates Nut(sky) from Geb (earth) |
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Sparagmos |
Ritual of tearing apart of a sacrificial victim |
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Deus Otiosus |
God at Leisure |
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What is the meaning of Uranus' Mutilation |
Fem Theory: remnant of ancient matriarchal rites Psychological affinity btwn love and hate, man woman Freudian father-son rivalry |
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Birth of Athena |
came out of Zeus' head fully armed. Hephaestus cut his head open with axe |
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Hephaestus |
son of Hera Smith of the gods shown riding a donkey with hammer, tongs, or axe |
