CLAS 1P95 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Theog, Theogony, Apposition
11 Dec 2016
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Zeus and the titanomachy (war with the titans) Name: emmanuel kumar sem #: 3 date: sept 29th 2016. Carefully read the selected passage from the assigned reading and type your answer in the space provided. Consult any relevant footnotes in the text to help you understand the passage. Hesiod"s theogony war with the titans (theog. But the tide of the fighting was turned, before, in mutual collision, they fought continuously in strong battles; but now in the front ranks they roused dread war, They threw three hundred rocks from massive hands at once, and with their missiles overshadowed the titans; (theog. Zeus in these lines portrays his anger and wrath that is directed towards kronos and the titans when he strikes the earth with his lightning. The earth that was left with the huge space/void when the lightning struck tell us that zeus had no sympathy toward his father.
