CLAS 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cronus, Cyclops, Hemera

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 2000
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

Hesiod writes one of the most important myths o. Suggests that the original inhabitants of the greek mainland were female gods. Hesiod o o o o o o o. Described as a horrible place but had its advantages. Claimed a muse dictated to him how the world came to be. Chaos: a gap, chasm creaio ex nihilio o o. Eros: sexual love, source of creaive energy, paradoxical being/force o. From chaos-erebus (darkness) --> nyx (greek word for night) o. Emma elish (tiamat, apsu from chaos) and genesis o. Gaea"s children (i) o o o o o o o o o o. Cronus and rhea are the parents of 12 olympians: giants (gegeneis) Tension between young and old about taking power. Best known as having a romance with endymion. Endymion described as in perpetual sleep when selene was in love with him. Suggests death is not the end of love.