GRS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Theogony, Smallholding, Barter

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRS 200
• Professor: Bowman Laurel

Document Summary

Lecture iv: classical mythology in context chapter 2 (continued) Vanished after 1200 bce: hesiod wrote about himself coming from a decentralized era as a poor farmer. Art of writing lost until the late 8th century/early 7th when the alphabet is adapted. Hesiod is from ascra, towards the end. Olympic games started in this time period. Many residential areas and public buildings built (gyms, stadiums etc. : no room for farming division of labour. Zeus, most of his brothers and sisters, and selected children. Shared oral tradition hesiod and homer. Local variations, but promoted panhellenism by singing about all the gods that everyone worshiped. Were never a nation, rarely managed to fight on the same side in a conflict. Greek was a culture more than a nation. Theogony is a creation story most publicly known. Orphic creation stories include different gods not as publicly known because the. Orphic religion required initiation to hear the stories.