CLAS 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Immaculate Conception, Odysseus, Statius

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 1000
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

Two poems by hesiod that have survived are called theogony (1000 lines) and. Tells his name in both poems and speaks in rst person, says that he lives in the. Erato -> muse of love poetry, euterpe -> muse of music, melpomene -> muse of tragedy, polyhymnia -> muse of sacred poetry, terpsichore -> muse of dance, thalia -> muse of comedy, urania -> muse of astronomy) Venus (side note: this is only one of many elements of theogony that have close parallels in earlier mythological accounts from the near east. Kumarbi, kumarbi overthrows whoever and bites off his genitals, and then generates the hittite weather god. Hesiod is telling us that mortals have to make the best of a very bad lot and do the. Also telling us that we need to listen carefully to the lessons in theogony and works. Hesiod"s poetry is imp bc now we have a representative from ancient greek.