CLASSIC 30 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Elpis, Theogony
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Family of zeus his siblings & children includes aphrodite last generation of gods. Myth of the ages (origin of man) But mainly about mankind (farming, didactic, less mythological) Idea that man have to toil & work (life is hard!) The reason that mankind has to struggle is that zeus hid livelihood of mankind underground. In many cultures (bible; present day situation, make america great again ??) At first the immortals who dwell on olympos created a golden race of mortal men lived like gods, carefree in their hearts, . Neither day nor night will give them rest as they waste away with toil and pain . Golden, silver, bronze, age of heroes, iron. World much worse since women were invented; misogyny. From her comes the fair sex; yes, wicked womenfolk are her descendants, they live among mortal men as a nagging burden women invented as a punishment to mankind.
