CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Euripides, Simile
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Hierarchy ex. gods and humans, men and women. Hesiod doesn"t tell us 100% how he thinks humans were created. However ovid says in "metapmorphoses" [before 8 ce]: creation of man was the work of prometheus who made man out of mud. Process of the generation of the human race not described in a lot of detail. The first sacri ce at mecone - aetiology [story of "works and days", hesiod ca. Describes the punishment of humans by zeus [hesiod"s acount] Works and days=didactic poem, teaches you a lesson (hesiod teaches his own brother about justice over a land dispute) In the context of this family con ict, hesiod also gives a lot of advice to his brother about how to be a good farmer, good person, how to treat the gods, etc. Aetiology of sacri ce: describes how the rules of sacri ce came to be. Gods and mortals gather together to discuss the rules of sacri ce.