GRST 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Seven Against Thebes, Thyestes, Atreus

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

Document Summary

Geography: where are the important locations. Homeric hymns: anonymous, tell us about the gods. Gradual ascent to power of male over female: world of the gods mirros the human world. Cosmos vs. chaos: order vs. disorder, civilization vs. nature, monster-slaying. Prometheus steals fire back and is punished. Has the olympians create woman (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Gives her many gifts and calls her pandora. Zeus gives her a jar with a lid which she opens. Hesiod, works and days: 5 races/ages. Ovid, metamorphoses: 4 ages (left out heroic age, 43 bc 17ad. Legends of heroes (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Legends stories of the great deeds performed by the great people of the past. Heroes noble or well-born; homeric kings and warriors. Eventually came to be worshipped (powers dwelling beneath the earth) A place of cult worship heroon (plural = heroa) solidified around.