CLST 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Role Model, Typhon, Korybantes

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 203
• Professor: Graeme Ward

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Clst 203 lecture 3 jan 16th: creation and the ages of humans. Creation implies that the gods created something. Kos(cid:373)os = (cid:862)u(cid:374)i(cid:448)erse(cid:863) or (cid:862)order(cid:863) or (cid:862)good order(cid:863) First poet to explain systematically the cosmos, gods, and how humans came into bring. Came from a place near helicon (boeotia) Hymns: song to a specific topic, usually a god or goddess. Dramatic tales: there"s dialogue, i(cid:374)tera(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s (cid:271)et(cid:449)een characters, drama, etc. Zeus and the olympians: they achieve kosmos, they complete the cycle. As far as the greeks were concerned, they still controlled. (cid:862)let us (cid:271)egi(cid:374) to si(cid:374)g of the muses of heli(cid:272)o(cid:374) (cid:863) Daughters of zeus and mnemosyne (greek word for memory) There are nine muses, each relating to different arts, such as poetry, odes, etc. If you combine memory with divine of zeus, you get art. Before there was something, there must be nothing.