CLASSICS 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Inachus, Aeschylus, Theogony
8 Sep 2016
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Introduction and creation; the birth of mankind (cont"d) Letter to his brother perses; telling his brother to be a proper man. Everything is there & perfect"; no need to search for anything: silver, bronze, heroes, iron a new age of man is brought upon by the gods once they become tired/bored of the previous; up to. Heroes are people who are directly related to or interact with the gods. Narrative that links theogony and works and days = the story of prometheus. God who brought fire to mankind holds mankind very dearly. Tricked the olympian gods into taking the worst parts of the sacrifice. Greeks told a story that prometheus told them to give the gods the inedible parts of their animal sacrifices; in order to entice the gods to accept them, they cover the sacrifices with smaller, attractive offerings.
