CLT 3370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Atra-Hasis, Cronus, King James Version

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Classics
• Course: CLT 3370
• Professor: Biagio Santorelli

Document Summary

Offspring of gaia, born from the drops of blood from the severed genitals of uranus: bo(cid:396)(cid:374) (cid:862)(cid:449)ith glea(cid:373)i(cid:374)g a(cid:396)(cid:373)o(cid:396), holdi(cid:374)g lo(cid:374)g spea(cid:396)s i(cid:374) thei(cid:396) ha(cid:374)ds(cid:863) (cid:894)hesiod(cid:895, strong, insolent, violent beyond all measure. Giants attacked the olympians gods and fought for the supremacy of the cosmos: gaia (cid:396)ese(cid:374)ted )eus"s (cid:448)i(cid:272)to(cid:396)(cid:455) o(cid:448)e(cid:396) the tita(cid:374)s. Prophecy: giants could not be completely defeated by the gods alone; the help of a mortal was needed. Gaia sought for a plant that would protect the giants. Zeus forbade eos (dawn), selene (moon) and helios (sun) to shine and harvested all of the plant himself. Modern interpretations: a t(cid:396)iu(cid:373)ph of the (cid:862)i(cid:373)po(cid:396)ted gods of the i(cid:374)(cid:448)ade(cid:396)s o(cid:448)e(cid:396) the old gods of the e(cid:454)isted people of g(cid:396)ee(cid:272)e. Ancient interpretations: order vs. chaos, rationalism vs. violence, civilization vs. barbarism, philosophy vs. superstition (lucretius, hybris (self-pride, arrogance) In anger at the gods for their destruction of the giants, gaia bore typhon (typhoeus); his father was tartarus.