CLAS 160D2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lynn Margulis, Rudolf Virchow, Heinrich Schliemann
31 Aug 2016
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Had great trench at troy to discover things, looked at layers. Rudolph virchow saw science in faith as two different things. What are empirical validations for some myths. Scientists reinforced these myths with tombs, tablets, etc. but nothing found on bronze age. Homer tells us a bit, but main source is hesiod"s theogony. Assumptions: the universe is homogeneous and isotropic. Greek myth had similar views (refer to powerpoint) The gaia hypothesis: james lovelock and lynn margulis. Gaia bore uranus (sky) her equal so he can surround and cover her completely and be secure home for the blessed gods forever. She slept with him and bore ocean, the titans (including cronos), the cyclopes (who made zeus" thunderbolt) and 3 sons, (powerpoint) Forms an archetype: male god up in the sky, female god is born asexually. Most notable are coeus and phoebe who"s daughter leto sleeps with zeus (look at powerpoint)
