CLASSICS 224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Culture Hero
20 Feb 2020
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Research on pandora or prometheus with something from the last 300 years and form an opinion on how it engages with the myth. 2nd strife: daughter of night, but kinder of strife 1. Stirs up competition, leads to hard work and a race to get rich . Message to perses: life is a struggle, therefore work hard, live a just life to thrive. Hubris: doing outrageous things (violence) towards each other. Blessed spirits of the underworld, still honored. After death settles in the isles of the blessed. Constant god-sent troubles, pains (+ some good) Statue symbolism succession of kingdoms starting of very well and then progressively worse. Prospective (daniel) vs. retrospective (hesiod) point of view. Gods reward hesiod"s just city , wd 225-237 (not in textbook) Productive land: bountiful sheep, honey, and acorns. Parents, various: titan lapetus and klymene (hesiod); themis=earth (aeschylus. Improves human condition by discovery, invention, killing a monster, etc.
