CLAS104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Castration, Orchamus, Hieros Gamos
24 Apr 2016
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Had the titans oceanus and tethys responsible for the origin of the gods and reflects a primitive belief that the universe can be understood in terms of a simple geography. Deity oceanus is the stream of ocean that encircles the earth. First to give literary expression of how everything came to be in his theogony, dedicated lines to the beauty and power of the muses. Utterance of a prophetic visionary muses were daughters of zeus, their revelation comes from the supreme god. First came chaos then came gaia (earth) and the others. Tartarus a place deep into the depths of the earth. Love, a potent force in tales appears early in hesiod"s theogony with eros (cupid) Another myth birds by aristophanes illustrates both the multiplicity of versions and the primacy of eros. Eclectic in his sources (included a combination of ideas from others) His mythology is far removed in spirit and belief from that of earlier conceptions.
