CL 222 1nd Edition Lecture 3 Outline of Last Lecture I. Underlying Principle of this Class II. Carl Jung III. Life and the Wind IV. Death and the Maiden V. Mythology VI. Anthropomorphic VII. Subject of Myths VIII. Scepticism IX. Geography and Major Sites X. What is the Nature of the Greek myth? XI. Major Geographical Points of Greece XII. What are the differences between Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations? XIII. What were the Cyclopean Walls? XIV.Who were the Dorian Greeks? XV. Quiz Questions Outline of Current Lecture I. Hesiod’s Theogony II. Truth vs. Falsehood III. Hesiod’s Background IV. A Special Glossa V. Generations of the Gods VI. Weltanschauung VII. Hesiod’s Theogony 517 ff. VIII. Examples IX. Artwork X. More Examples XI. Quiz Questions Current Lecture Hesiod’s Theogony These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. (in the picture shown) you can see Aphrodite being born (out of the seashell); there are fish around her Poseidon is there with a trident Hermes is there with his traveling hat Truth vs. Falsehood Divine Revelation . Moses wrote the Pentateuch (1st five books of the Bible) and relied upon divine revelation: someone above you passing down stories or art Muses- 9 daughters of Zeus- inspire various arts Zeus and Mnemosyne: had the 9 Muses . Mnemosyne means “memory” . Memory was the first thing you need to create anything The 1st words from the Muses (they undermine themselves from the beginning): “Listen you country bumpkins, you swag-bellied yahoos, we know how to tell many lies that pass for truth, and we know, when we wish, to tell the truth itself.” Mediators: the Muses set themselves up to be mediators between the divine and humans No poet can say anything about the gods unless the Muses fill them with oracular power Poets are nothing but a mouthpiece through which the Muses disclose the mysteries of the universe Hesiod’s Background Hesiod was a farmer and shepherd on Mt. Helicon, and a poet who flourished in 700 B.C. shortly after Homer He received poet inspiration from the Muses by drinking at the sacred Hippocrene on Mt. Helicon He then told how the world developed from Chaos (nothingness) to an ordered structure controlled by the Olympian gods Hesiod began composing his epic poem and began by describing the Muses’ birth from Zeus and Mnemosyne A Special Glossa The use of poetry . Glossa in this case is poetry Poetry weaves together truth and falsehood to say what it wants to elevate our thinking Divine accommodates to human lowliness “The Holy Spirit of its own accord makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.” Romans 8:26 Transcendency of the divine- too transcendent for our low thinking Generations of the Gods (there were three) Chaos (1), Gaia (Gea) (2) – can be whole Earth or individual Ouranos (sky), Gea (Earth) . Gea had Ouranos on her own . Gea: brood-breasted and holds the snowy peaks of Olympus Ouranos and Gea eventually have: . Titans: 6 sons, 6 daughters . Cyclopes: represent thunder and lightning; there were 3 . Hecatoncheires (100 handed giants).