CLCV 2103 Lecture 7: Homer and Hesiod and the Panhellenic Gods
7 Dec 2016
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The re-emergence of writing after the dark age led to the systemization of the gods into a greek pantheon. Achieve through the writings of homer (iliad an dodyssey) and hesiod (theogony) Poets were influenced by the aristocrats at whose courts they were reading and disseminating their stories. The number of panhellenic gods was actually quite limited. They could have an infinitely malleable number of attributes or epithets associated with them. The 12 olympian god sonly became standard in the 5th c: zeus, hera, poseidon, demeter, athena, aphrodite, dionysus, ares, apollo, artemis, hephaistos, There are also important chthonic (earth) gods: persephone and hades. Myths were visible and interrelated in all aspects of one"s life. They were an integral part of sanctuaries and festivals, both iconographically and verbally. Representations of myth found on temples, sculpture, pottery, and even a stoa (painted stoa) Discussed the gods in relation to human.
