CL_HUM 1060 Lecture 1: Mythology Notes
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Greek farmer and poet, lived in 7th century bc. Claimed that the muses inspired him on mt. (cid:862)i(cid:374) the (cid:271)egi(cid:374)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g the(cid:396)e (cid:449)as o(cid:374)l(cid:455) chaos, the a(cid:271)(cid:455)ss (cid:863: chaos: an empty gap, void. (cid:862)but the gaia, the ea(cid:396)th, (cid:272)a(cid:373)e i(cid:374)to (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g (cid:863: gaia: female, the ground /soil/foundation. From chaos: e(cid:396)e(cid:271)os = the (cid:862)gloo(cid:373)(cid:455) da(cid:396)k(cid:374)ess(cid:863) of tata(cid:396)os, night, erebos + night = (cid:862)eldest of gods, (cid:449)ho (cid:374)ou(cid:396)ishes all thi(cid:374)gs i(cid:374) the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld(cid:863) Ouranos (sky/the heavens: (cid:862)a fi(cid:396)(cid:373) fou(cid:374)datio(cid:374) fo(cid:396) the (cid:271)lessed gods(cid:863) Hesiod(cid:859)s ea(cid:396)l(cid:455) gods a(cid:374)d goddesses: both ele(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal (cid:894)la(cid:374)d,sk(cid:455),et(cid:272). (cid:895) and anthropomorphic. G(cid:396)eek (cid:272)(cid:455)(cid:272)los: (cid:862)(cid:272)i(cid:396)(cid:272)le(cid:863: have one eye. Three hecatonchires: 100 hands and 50 heads each. Ouranos fears the future powers of these children (titans, cyclopes, and hundred- handers) Gaia, in pain, creates a flint sickle. A(cid:374)d c(cid:396)o(cid:374)os (cid:894)(cid:455)ou(cid:374)gest tita(cid:374)(cid:895) (cid:448)olu(cid:374)tee(cid:396)s to take a(cid:272)tio(cid:374) (gaia hides him in ambush) Cronos castrates his father (cuts his genitals off) Symbolic separation of earth and sky (gaia and ouranos) = common mythological subject.
