CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY Humanities 222 Summer 2013‚ Online Cat Anghelina‚ Ph.D.‚ Instructor Prerequisites: Communication Skills 101 (or equivalent in Basic Composition) Instructor email: cangheli@cscc.edu Office Hours: Available via e-mail; if you do not receive a response from me within 48 hours of sending me an e-mail‚ assume I have not received the e-mail and resend it. Course Description: The course familiarizes students with the world of Classical mythology; the human and
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The Olympian Gods and Goddesses In Greek mythology‚ twelve gods and goddesses ruled the universe from atop Greece’s Mount Olympus. These Olympians had come to power after their leader‚ Zeus‚ overthrew his father‚ Kronos‚ leader of the Titans. All the Olympians are related to one another. The Romans adopted most of these Greek gods and goddesses‚ but with new names. Zeus (Roman name: Jupiter) The most powerful of all‚ Zeus was god of the sky and the king of Olympus. His temper affected the weather
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In ancient Greece‚ women were virtually invisible to those outside the home and their reputation was best when there was “the least possible talk about you among men‚ whether in praise or blame” (Thucydides 1.45.2). There was a Greek Proverb that said “a woman knew two great moments of her life: her marriage and her death” (Powell‚ 40). In ancient Greek culture‚ women were normally seen as objects for marriage and childbearing and in literature were often depicted with an uncontrollable sexual appetite
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creation myths are also interesting because they explain the power of God who made the universe in just 6 days. In the Greco-Roman cultures‚ the creation myths start with the gods; Hesiod explains this well in his Theogony in the 8th century B.C. What is the Theogony? The Theogony is a poem written by Hesiod in the 8th – 7th century describing where the Greek gods came from. The ancestry of the gods traces back to the creation of the world through Chaos. Orphics‚ who were the followers of the
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1. I find some similarities between the creation myths of Hesiod and Ovid; the story before the beginning the myth‚ the creation of the world‚ and the story of Prometheus. Before beginning the myth‚ they asked a blessing from the gods or got a permission to tell gods’ stories. Both two epics explained that the world was started from the Chaos‚ a mass of nothing and how the earth‚ the water‚ the air and sky were made. Also both Hesiod and Ovid wrote about the story of Prometheus who gave fire to the
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the Roman deities is that there is no Theogony to document their interconnections. To refresh your memory‚ Theogony is a poem written by the Greek poet Hesiod in the mid-seventh century BCE in which he methodically lists the Greek gods and goddesses‚ their parents‚ their descendants‚ their role in the cosmos and‚ most importantly‚ their true names and pseudonyms. Sadly‚ our knowledge of the ancient Roman religion does not include a definitive text such as Theogony to delineate their gods and goddesses
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I enjoyed reading Richard’s writing and how he looked at Theogony in a structuralist perspective. His analysis of the binary relationship between dominance and rebellion was very intriguing. However‚ I would have to agree with my fellow peer Dallas‚ and say that tyranny seems to be a better term for the type of dominance Richard was trying to express in his essay. In Richard’s explanation of dominance vs rebellion‚ we can see how the more tyrannical Ouranos (Heaven) and Kronos was‚ the greater the
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predecessors of their own civilisation‚ and were Autochthonous. The Etruscans started to place themselves in the northern regions at the time of the 7th Century BC. Hesiod mentioned the first earliest account of the Etruscan civilisation in the “Theogony”. Ancient
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tradition; today the Greek myths are known primarily from Greek literature. The oldest known Greek literary sources‚ Homer’s epic poems Iliad and Odyssey‚ focus on the Trojan War and its aftermath. Two poems by Homer’s near contemporary Hesiod‚ the Theogony and the Works and Days‚ contain accounts of the genesis of the world‚ the succession of divine rulers‚ the succession of human ages‚ the origin of human woes‚ and the origin of sacrificial practices. Myths are also preserved in the Homeric Hymns
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tradition; today the Greek myths are known primarily from Greek literature. The oldest known Greek literary sources‚ Homer’s epic poems Iliad and Odyssey‚ focus on the Trojan War and its aftermath. Two poems by Homer’s near contemporary Hesiod‚ the Theogony and the Works and Days‚ contain accounts of the genesis of the world‚ the succession of divine rulers‚ the succession of human ages‚ the origin of human woes‚ and the origin of sacrificial practices. Myths are also preserved in the Homeric Hymns
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