CLAA06H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Works And Days, Sea Monster, Crius
20 Feb 2014
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Ancient greece - hesiod - works and days. It was composed around 700 bce. There are various alternative spellings for many of the names mentioned here. For instance, c and k are generally interchangeable, as are us and os , e. g. Ouranos = gaia: the twelve titans: The shield of herakles: line of sea deities, nymphs and monsters. Fifty nymphs of the sea, the best- known being thetis) Thaumas (who later married the oceanid electra, and bore iris, or. Rainbow, and the two winged spirits, aello and ocypetes, known as the harpies) Electra, calypso and styx: rivers, fountains and lakes of the world, theia =hyperion had helios (sun) Astraios (father, with eos, of the wind gods, zephyros, boreas, notos and eurus, as well as all the stars) Pallas (father, with the oceanid styx, of zelos or zeal, nike or victory, Cratos or strength and bia or force)
