CLA 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Theogony, Homer, Hexameter
14 Sep 2016
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Homeric poems were written in the iron age. Cremation is a custom of the iron age, patroclus was cremated. It is depicted so the people in the 8th century can relate to the poems. That"s why these poems were considered homeric society . Hesiodic wrote about his time, he lived in the 8th century and wrote about the 8th century. He wrote about the ordinary people; farming and rural life. Work and days wrote about advice to his brother. Theogony more religious; gives a lot information on the gods. From the creation of the universe to the kingship of zeus. Give us a glimpse what people believed in. Very long, narrative form; we see this format in art we talk about how narrative frescoes are. Use of the long and short syllabus dactylic hexameter. Usually when someone is blind, they have the power of insight and knowledge. Bards were well respected as they were the major entertainers in their time.
