CLAA06H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Illuyanka, Lightning, Ullikummi
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Claa06 lecture 2 theogonies january 12th 2016. Segment 1: gods, humans and gods and humans in hesiod. Theogony comes from theos (god) + gone (birth) He tried to give his take on the universe and how it works. ^ how different gods relate to each other, genealogically and hierarchically. Both one of the oldest greek writers. Hesiod theogo(cid:374)(cid:455) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)(cid:449)orks a(cid:374)d da(cid:455)s(cid:863) Ho(cid:449)e(cid:448)er the(cid:455) do(cid:374)"t al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s agree (cid:449)ith ea(cid:272)h other. In homer, zeus is the eldest born olympian; hesiod, zeus is the youngest. I(cid:374) ho(cid:373)er, aphrodite is zeus" daughter; hesiod, she came from the genitals of uranus. Begi(cid:374)s (cid:449)ith the (cid:373)uses (cid:862)fro(cid:373) the (cid:373)uses of heli(cid:272)o(cid:374) let us (cid:271)egi(cid:374) our si(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g . (cid:863) Presents himself with a special relationship to this religion. Tries to lay the gods out in a systematic way. Some gods are more popular than others i. e. zeus, athena, apollo. Tries to explain and order the whole universe.
