ENG 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Oceanid, Coeus, Crius
20 Oct 2016
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Was the first to give literary expression to a systematic explanation of how the gods, the universe and humankind came into being. He was an epic poet in the same way homer was, and wrote two important texts around 700 b. c. He is almost a contemporary version of homer; he follows in that tradition. There were other epic poets writing in this time, but only fragments have been found of their work. Works and days: his first text; important with regards to the anthropological, sociological and agricultural context of that time, mythic snippets are included in that. Oh muses give me to the story of ; the idea of the shepherd invoking the muses to tell the story: presenting images of muses on a famous urn; they were also important within the time of. Renaissance, are also depicted on various paintings and other pottery: presenting an image of apollo and the muses (he is the god of art and civilization)
