CLAS 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Oneiroi, Theogony, Coeus
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He is named and is a real guy. Helicon and gives him the gift of song. >we have biographical sources (which might not be a realistic source because we don"t always really know who said what or who wrote what) Traditionally associated with quantitative meter of classical epic poetry in greek and. Latin = considered grand style of classical poetry. >these poetries is, in itself, a divine act. Probably orally composed and transmitted and later translated. Written in dactylic hexameter = rhythmic scheme in poetry. Starts with an invocation of the muses so that the poem and music is a call out of music to the gods and they respond with the information you are singing about. In relation to the gods, despite this being a theogony (genesis of gods) is not what we would consider in modern culture as a sacred text (like the bible) Not epic in length (it"s like an after-dinner song)
