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    This document provides an overview of Hesiod and his poem Theogony, which describes Greek cosmic creation myths. It begins by establishing Hesiod as an oral poet from around 700 BC who composed two major works: Theogony and Works and Days. The Theogony invokes the Muses and describes the origins of the universe from the initial emergence of Chaos through the generations of divine beings like Gaia, Tartarus, and the Titans. It outlines Hesiod's genealogical approach to explaining the divine order and origins of the Greek pantheon. The document concludes by noting some parallels and differences between Hesiod's account and other Near Eastern creation stories that will be covered in later modules.

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    This document provides an overview of Hesiod and his poem Theogony, which describes Greek cosmic creation myths. It begins by establishing Hesiod as an oral poet from around 700 BC who composed two major works: Theogony and Works and Days. The Theogony invokes the Muses and describes the origins of the universe from the initial emergence of Chaos through the generations of divine beings like Gaia, Tartarus, and the Titans. It outlines Hesiod's genealogical approach to explaining the divine order and origins of the Greek pantheon. The document concludes by noting some parallels and differences between Hesiod's account and other Near Eastern creation stories that will be covered in later modules.

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    Cosmic Creation.

    I
    Classical
    Mythology
    Module II A.
    Cosmic
    Creation.
    A
    Creation
    Hesiod: Theogony
    theos / deus = god
    thea / dea = goddess
    gonos (birth)
    Hesiod: floruit 700 BC
    Kyme / Cyme in Aeolia
    Lesbos / Chios
    Aeolia
    Aeolia
    Map of Aegean

    Aegean
    Sea
    Region
    Aeolian – Dialect of Greek
    Other Dialects:
    Ionian / Attic
    Doric (Sparta)
    Hesiod’s family moves:
    Ascra – Boeotia
    Mt. Helikon / Helicon:
    Muses
    Immigration:
    Anatolia
    & Greece
    Aeolia
    Map of Aegean

    Aegean
    Sea
    Region
    Hesiod: floruit 700 BC
    Theogony
    &
    Works & Days
    Hesiod’s family moves:
    Ascra – Boeotia
    Mt. Helikon / Helicon:
    Muses
    Hesiod:
    oral composition
    ♦ traditional stories
    &
    ♦ poetic / artistic
    invention
    Hesiod:
    ♦ improvization (Jazz analogy)
    contradictions
    Theogony: p. 61
    Invocation - Muses
    Theogony: p. 61
    Hesiod – personal tone
    shepherd
    Theogony: p. 61
    Personal Epiphany
    (epiphanos / manifestation)
    Dancing & Singing
    Theogony: p. 61
    Muses “teach Hesiod”
    how to sing verse
    Theogony:
    dactylic hexameter
    six “feet” / dactyls
    syllables: long +short – short
    –vv –vv –vv –vv –vv –vv
    spondee (long + long: – – )
    Theogony: pp. 61-62
    Muses show humans
    no respect!!!
    p. 62:
    Hesiod describes life of
    “Olympians”
    (Mt. Olympos)
    Boarder of Thessaly
    & Macedonia
    Map
    p. 62: Muses birth place = Pieria
    Pieria – Attica
    (Athenian territory)
    Mt. Helikon?
    p. 62: Muses - daughters of
    Kronion (epithet for Zeus)
    + (Memory) Mnemosyne
    (mnemonic – adj.)
    Euterpe - lyric poetry
    Kalliope - epic poetry (Iliad / Odyssey)
    Thaleia - comedy & bucolic poetry
    Polyhymnia - religious hymns
    Melpomene - tragedy
    Terpsichore - choral song & dancing
    Erato - erotic poetry & mime
    Ourania - Astronymy
    Kleio (Klio) - History
    p. 63 – Muses
    “honor a lord whose
    lineage is divine”
    Legends of divine descent:
    legitimize rule
    pp. 63 – 64 Power of Muses
    pleasure of song / poetry
    Hesiod & Muse
    Gustave Moreau
    (Pre-Raphaelite)
    (1891)
    Theogony p. 64
    genealogy –
    didactic
    (teach - convey information)
    Theogony p. 64 - line 114:
    “in the beginning” (en archê)
    “First of all”
    πρώτιστος
    (prōtistos)
    Theogony p. 64 - line 114:
    “First of all” Cháos/Kháos
    [πρώτιστος Xάος]
    (prōtistos)
    “was born/happened”
    “geneto”
    [vs “in the beginning”]
    1.Chaos
    2. Gaea
    3. Tartarus
    4. Eros
    Homeric Hymn to Gaea
    (Gaia & Gê)
    p. 93
    Chaos / Khaos
    Chaos
    Tartaros + Eros
    Chaos
    Erebus + Nyx
    (Darkness) (Night)
    Erebus + Nyx
    Aether Hemera
    (Bright sky) (Day)
    Nyx 'emits'
    Moerae & Nemesis
    (Fates)
    Clotho, Lachesis & Atropos
    Clotho, Lachesis & Atropos
    (Spinner / Measurer
    &
    Unstoppable
    Hand
    spindle
    &
    whorls
    10,000!
    from
    Troy
    II
    Spindle whorls
    DISTAFF
    Radioactive Decay
    2
    (E= mc )
    Gaea generates: Ouranus
    Mountains & Pontus
    Erinyes (Furies)
    Gigantes (Giants)
    'earth-born'
    Gaea + Ouranus =
    Ocean
    and Titans: p. 65
    Homeric Hymn # 14: p. 76
    Mother of the Gods
    Who???
    Homeric Hymn # 14: p. 76
    Mother of the Gods
    Deliberately vague??
    Next Module
    ♦ Enuma Elish
    ♦ Genesis & John
    Course Documents
    Folder - “Creation”:
    Blackboard
    Map Greece SMP

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