CLA204H1 Lecture : Lecture 2
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Gaia (without consort) = uranus(ouranus) + mountains (nymphs) + pontus (sea) Gaia + uranus = 12 titans + cyclopes(round eyes) + 3 hecatonchires (giants with 100 hands) Theogony includes impersonation of natural elemetns (moon/sun/various powers) Chaos: yawning emptiness (engenders erebos+night, from which come aither+hemere -> beginning of time) Gaia: terra firma, first defined space, unshakeable foundation, gives birth to further beings (see below) Tartarus : below earth (cf. also tartarus passage 729-819 and the description of the threshold where day and night meet) Eros : productive power, will later become subordinate to aprodite. When zeus gets in power, he consumes netis to prevent a child to overthrow him. Uranus embraces gaia very closely, sky and earth need to move away from each other for the cosmos to function. The birth of aphrodite from the cut off genitals of ouranus. Aphrodite brings joy and under her she brings eros. Birth of the furies, giants and the ash tree nymphs (?)
