CLAS 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Iter, Tefnut, Hieros Gamos
31 Jan 2017
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Ch 3 learning objectives: lear(cid:374) hesiod"s a(cid:272)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)t of (cid:272)reatio(cid:374). Ide(cid:374)tify the (cid:271)asi(cid:272) differe(cid:374)(cid:272)es (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) hesiod"s a(cid:272)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d o(cid:448)id"s: defi(cid:374)e the (cid:862)sa(cid:272)red (cid:373)arriage. (cid:863, learn the important myths about the titans, learn the succession myths from uranus to cronus to zeus. Greek mythology is full of conflict, specifically between the male and female. Claude levi- trauss, (cid:374)oti(cid:272)ed greek (cid:373)yth is full of (cid:271)i(cid:374)ary opposites, (cid:862)old (cid:448)s you(cid:374)g(cid:863) (cid:862)light (cid:448)s dark(cid:863) et(cid:272). In 8th century bc, hesiod gives story of world, inserts info about himself into story as well. His family, originated from asia minor (cyor), migrating to greece, grew up in boeotia, mt. Heli(cid:272)o(cid:374), des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)es his pla(cid:272)e of li(cid:448)i(cid:374)g i(cid:374) (cid:449)orks, (cid:862)a (cid:272)ursed pla(cid:272)e, (cid:272)ruel i(cid:374) (cid:449)i(cid:374)ter, hard i(cid:374) su(cid:373)(cid:373)er, (cid:374)e(cid:448)er pleasa(cid:374)t(cid:863) Also home to the muses, clio, thalia, euterpe, polyhymnia, calliope, terpsichore, urania, melpomene, they were beautiful women, inspiring creativity amongst humans, intercessors between divine and human world, muses for dance, writing of poetry, song etc.
