Ch. 3: Greece & Hesiod

Chaos

the first created, gap/void, used by Hesiod to show the gap between heaven and earth

Gaia

Earth, mother of the cyclopes, titans, furies, giants, and nymphs

Ouranos

Heaven, son and lover of Gaia

cyclopes

Kottos, Gyes, and Briareus, first to be born and hated by their father Ouranos

Rhea

Titan, daughter of Ouranos and Gaia

Kronos

Titan, son of Ouranos and Gaia, cuts off Ouranos’ genitals, swallows his children

the gap between heaven and earth

What is the significance of the horizon after Kronos castrated his father?

Aphrodite

goddess of love, born from the ocean and Ouranos’ genitals

Demeter

daughter of Rhea and Kronos, goddess of the harvest

Persephone

Daughter of Demeter and Zeus, goddess of spring, abducted by Hades (Aidoneus)

Zeus

son of Rhea and Kronos, defeats his father and becomes ruler of the gods

Metis

Zeus’ first wife, he swallows her when she bears Athena

Prometheus

trickster who steals fire from Zeus to give to humans

Pandora

created by Zeus with the help of Hepaistos, Athena, Hermes, and Aphrodite to bring evil to man

Epimetheus

brother of Prometheus, Pandora is brought as a gift to him and he brings her to humanity

to justify and explain misogyny

How does Hesiod use the story of Pandora opening the jar and bringing evil to the world?

Theogony, Works and Days

What two works are authored by Hesiod?

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T/F: Hesiod created poems orally.