CLC 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Boeotia, Leucothea, Lightning
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Creation of dif parts land and sea. Creation of different parts of the world- land and sea. First ancient greek written account of creation myth; theogory. Begins with an invocation to the muses. Mount helicon in boeotia site of poetic inspo with hippocrene spring. God create heaven and earth in the beginning. Wrote epic poem of interwoven myths; important source for classical mythology. Everything is jumbled together and nothing is separated. Gaia earth brought forth uranus sky: to cover her. He was equal to her and would be the home of the gods. Archetypes of the sacred marriage uranus and gaia. Brontes thunder steropes lightning and arges light . Oceanus, coeus, crius, hyperion, iapetus, theia, rhea, themis. Secret marriage had 3k daughters and 3k sons. Spirits for the rivers, waters, and springs. Two titans they were brother and sister ew. Lives in the east in the palace of the sun. Loved persian princess leucothoe made oceanid jealous.
