The four creation myths found on the internet‚ An African Cosmogony‚ An African Story of the Creation of Man‚ Egyptian Cosmogony and Theogony‚ and the Yoruba creation myth found under the Minneapolis Institute of Arts‚" have similar elements and incorporate values and norms common across many African Ethnic groups. One of the dominant values common to many ethnic groups is the value of the family and group. All four myths directly illustrate the belief that a person is described in terms of his or
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Significant Meanings Regarding the Myth of Cronus As Hesiod stated in Theogony (126-491)‚ the Titan son‚ Cronus was born to the Greek God of the sky Uranus‚ and Gaia‚ the mother of earth. Cronus had eleven Titan brothers and sisters‚ and was the brother of three Cyclops‚ as well as the invincible Hecatonchires. For no particularly defined reason‚ after each of his children were born‚ Uranus chose to hide them in the depths of the earth or Gaia. At one point‚ Gaia devised a plan to free
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human and beings and always interfered in them. * They believed that spirits live within the landscape‚ water caves and mountains. This is known through the use of Myths and Legends * The two sacred books were the Theogony by Hesiod and Iliad and Odyssey. * The theogony described the origins of the gods and goddesses of of Olympus and how they came to be. * The illiad and the Odyssey have been called the bible of the ancient Greeks. They were full interactions between humans and Gods
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CLA204 Lecture 1 Notes What is myth? - mûthos (ancient Greek) – “story”‚ “plot” of a narrative - myth – “a traditional story of collective (social) importance” – character‚ plot‚ temporal and special setting - mûthos (story) + logos (account) = “study of myth”‚ mythology - set in distant past or time so long ago when humans did not exist - mythical place – ie. garden paradise‚ world of the dead‚ etc. Circulation of Myth: oral (Orpheus‚ Homer‚ Hesiod) literary (Ovid‚ Euripides) artistic
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discussion and debate in tutorials‚ developing arguments‚ and writing essays. Required Texts: 1) Aeschylus‚ Oresteia‚ trans. C. Collard (Oxford World ’s Classics) 2) Euripides‚ Bacchae‚ trans. Paul Woodruff (Hackett) 3) Hesiod‚ Works and Days and Theogony‚ trans. Stanley Lombardo (Hackett) 4) Homer‚ The Iliad‚ trans. Robert Fitzgerald (New York: Farrar‚ Straus‚ and Giroux) 5) Homer‚ The Odyssey‚ trans. Robert Fitzgerald (New York: Farrar‚ Straus‚ and Giroux) 6) Virgil‚ The Aeneid‚ trans. R. Fitzgerald
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Expanded course description and learning objectives The mythical narratives of the ancient Greeks and the Romans constitute a continuous tradition that extends from before the reach of history to the present day. Myths survive in literary texts and visual art because their narratives have continued to prove compelling and fascinating in different languages‚ historical eras‚ and social contexts (the myths of Odysseus‚ Heracles‚ and Oedipus are just a few examples). Literature and art of all kinds
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Chicago‚ 1912. * Lamberton‚ Robert. Hesiod‚ Yale University Press‚ 1988. ISBN 0-300-04068-7 * Swanton‚ John * Verdenius‚ Willem Jacob‚ "A Commentary on Hesiod: Works and Days‚ Vv. 1–382"‚ Brill‚ 1985‚ ISBN 90-04-07465-1 * West‚ M.L.‚ "Hesiod‚ Theogony‚ ed * Williamson‚ George S. The Longing for Myth in Germany: Religion and Aesthetic Culture from Romanticism to Nietzsche (Chicago‚ 2004).
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Klaas‚ Nicole‚ Ike‚ Niki‚ Nikita‚ Nika‚ Niketas‚ Nico‚ and Nicola. Primary sources used in this assignment; 1. Hesiod‚ Theogony 383 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) 2. Bacchylides‚ Fragment 11 (trans. Campbell‚ Vol. Greek Lyric IV) (Greek lyric C5th B.C.) 3. Pseudo-Hyginus‚ Preface (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) 4. Hesiod‚ Theogony 383 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) 5. Nonnus‚ Dionysiaca 2. 205 ff (trans. Rouse) (Greek epic C5th
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While the divine world of the Ancient Greeks gives the impression of role models‚ Hesiod’s Theogony and Homer’s The Iliad‚ illustrate the gods otherwise. Just as strife within mortal families is familiar‚ it plays a significant role in the creation of the gods‚ their interaction with each other‚ and how they intervene on behalf of mortals in The Iliad for their own self-serving interests. The gods play a direct role in Greek life and the Ancient Greeks desire to understand their role. Hesiod‚ through
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world and the re-telling of historical events. Though there are many versions of the Greek creation myths‚ the most complete is a poem called the Theogony (Birth of the Gods) by the poet Hesiod. Hesiod lived around the late eighth or early seventh century B.C. and composed this poem circa 700 B.C. in the Epic dialect of Homeric Greek. The Theogony describes the origins and the establishment of polytheism and the vast variety of local Greek traditions concerning the gods. Hesiod’s creation story
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