GRST 209 Lecture 2: hesiod's works and days
16 Oct 2018
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Examines why human society is the way it is (sociology) Begins with muses, zeus, and justice: justice becomes associated with law, moral behaviour, philosophical and religious thought. Good strife vs. bad strife: good, natural competition vs. bad competition, think it, don"t say it, can be as competitive as possible, but don"t pose as excessively competitive. Brings in brother perses: lazy, seen as exemplifying bad strife, emphasize the need for hard work to be successful, to obtain things. Discusses pandora and prometheus: prometheus" stealing of fire leads to zeus making humans work hard / too many perses , pandora"s release of human evils leads to difficulties in life, life is tough and full of work. I. gold (people lived happy, long lives, easily) Ii. silver (people like babies, having everything done for you) Iii. bronze (monsters fighting for place, things getting worse, declining) Iv. heroes/demigods (wars of troy, fought, died young, gloriously)
