CLA160H1 Lecture Notes - Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Theogony
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Lecture #9 page1: the aeneid, aeneid was written by virgil in 20s bc, left the poem incomplete when he died in 9 bc, epic cycle, the 700 year gap between homer and virgil. Including a theogony (a very different version than hesiod"s) itself earlier on as the standard theogony. Also have an account of the battle between the gods and the titans (intergenerational conflict) 3 poems concerning this war of the 7 heroes against thebes. The theban war is the other great war of greek myth. Including the build-up of the theban war including oedipus and his family. The trojan war myth, only a fraction of the trojan war in fact. Remember: the iliad and odyssey only cover a fraction of greek. But they are two of the thirteen poems that make up the cycle(other 11 fill in everything else) We have lost almost completely these other 11. This war got most of the attention in this epic cycle.
