Transcript Hesiod - Theogony (genesis of the gods)

Hesiod - Theogony (genesis
of the gods)
• Enuma Elish
• Genesis
• Wisdom: to see that the world has come
to be so that justice triumphs
• Love and strife
• Biological reproduction
– Abstraction, monsters, anthropomorphic
gods
Organization
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Invocation of Muses
Heaven (Ouranus) and Earth (Ge)
Kronos and Rhea
Zeus (and Hera)
• Female: change, cunning
• Male: permanence, violence
Olympian Gods
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Zeus and Hera
Demeter
Apollo and Artemis
Athena and Aphrodite
Hermes, Hestia, Hephaestus, Ares,
Poseidon
Cult
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No priesthood, no Bible
Tolerance of other gods
Do ut des
Sacrifice: Mekone story
Libations, hymns, prayers
State cults, oracles (Delphi), mystery
religions