CLST 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Anthropomorphism, Beehive, Polytheism
6 Dec 2017
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Cosmogony: kosmos = universe, order, good order. Ge-nesis (hebrew bible) ge = greek word meaning procreation. Theogony: theos = god, where do the divinities come from, multiple versions. First poet to record the systematically the cosmos, gods, and how humans came into being. Theogony: 700-600s bce, the birth of the gods, came from helicon (boeotia), near the city of thebes, well developed area. Theogony broken up into different interweaving sections. Catalogues: organizing or reckoning of things downward, a list, generations of gods, births, marriages. Dramatic tales: dialogue, drama, deceit, action, cronos defeats ouranos, zeus defeats cronos. Important, helps us to understand how the gods act. Zeus and the olympians: they bring order, complete the cycle of betrayal, death, violence, destruction. Why does he call on the muses in the beginning makes sense, about to make an epic poem, call on the muses to help, muses inspire him, being divinely inspired provides legitimacy.
