GRST 209 Lecture 1: GRST 209 NOTES from week 1 to Nov 10

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRST 209
• Professor: toohey

Document Summary

1-22: muses why trust the muses: authority and reliability, ex. Gods that is located somewhere in the sky. 52-(cid:1005)(cid:1004)(cid:1007): muses" (cid:395)ualities (cid:894)po(cid:449)e(cid:396) a(cid:374)d (cid:396)elia(cid:271)ility(cid:895: the(cid:455) produ(cid:272)e (cid:862)(cid:272)al(cid:373)(cid:374)ess(cid:863, the nine daughters of zeus and mnemosyne, patrons of literature and fine arts. 116-135: chaos: chaos 2nd generation of olympians. She is identified with the planet venus; her roman equivalent is the goddess venus: human body, human emotions. 226-(cid:1006)(cid:1007)(cid:1006): t(cid:396)ife"s / eris children: strife is the daughter of night, bore toil, forgetfulness, famine, pains, battles and fights, murders and manslaughters, quarrels, lying. 232-(cid:1006)(cid:1007)(cid:1010): po(cid:374)tos" (cid:272)hild(cid:396)e(cid:374) (cid:894)passage is (cid:374)ot (cid:272)o(cid:373)plete(cid:895: the sea, begot his eldest, nereus, true and no liar. 237-289: c(cid:396)o(cid:374)os a(cid:374)d rhea"s (cid:272)hild(cid:396)e(cid:374) (cid:894)birth of the olympians)- time is really operating. Cronos achieving or doing: kronos forced himself upon rheia, and gave birth to splendid brood, hestia, demeter, hera, strong, hades, the underworld lord, the booming earth-shaker,