CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Theogony, Odysseus, Letter Case
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Similar narratives, use of metals, plausible that hesiod was drawing on ancient east. H. (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t a(cid:448)oid to i(cid:374)sert the age of heroes i(cid:374)to the (cid:373)oral de(cid:272)ayi(cid:374)g (cid:373)etal ages. He did(cid:374)"t lea(cid:448)e out the heroes, (cid:271)/(cid:272) that age (cid:449)as pre(cid:272)edi(cid:374)g our o(cid:449)(cid:374) age (cid:894)h. "s age(cid:895) Ancient persia also used the metal ages (ahhura mazda the god told zora aster explained to him a version of a tree that has four branches, they are the metal branches; in the first. Zora could speak directly with god, and the last earth is less fertile and human is weaker) Very si(cid:373)ilar o(cid:448)er s(cid:272)he(cid:373)e to h. "s story (cid:449)ithout the i(cid:374)sertio(cid:374) of the heroi(cid:272) age. Metals as emblem of succession of ages: book of daniel, 2:31 following. Babylon king dreamed of a statue with clay feet and other parts made of different the last, most corrupted kingdom.
