UGC 111 1st Edition Lecture 6 Outline of Last Lecture I Judaism II Writings of Judaism Outline of Current Lecture III Greece Current Lecture Greece Mythology function of Greek myths Explanatory Persephone and Demeter Didactic Atlas and Prometheus Odysseus and Polyphemus Example prototype Herakles Odysseus Consolation Abduction of Persephone o Myths used as examples for laws punishments justifications etc 1200 BC end of citadels interim period Dark Ages 700 BC Greek city states have a Renaissance Parthenon 94 mythological scenes carved into it Theater of Dionysus Sophocles produced his plays here Hesoid Theogony mythology In the beginning Void Earth Eros Sex Earth bore sky mountains sea Earth sky bore ocean Chronos Rhea the Titans The Titans Theia Hyperion bore sun moon stars winds Story of Rheia and Kronos birth of Zeus on Crete Battle of the Titans first generation vs Olympian second generation gods Establishment of the new Olympian order Zeus Metis meaning wisdom bore Athena Zeus Themis meaning proper natural order bore the three seasons Justice Good Order and Peace Zeus father of Apollo Artemis Hermes Creation myths vary from Greece to near East Greek creation didn t come from a person it was through natural and organic development sex generated all parts of the world No mankind was mentioned in Greek creation myth Olympics every 4 years all cities gathered to hold the Olympic games 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 Story of the first Olympic games on the front of the temple serves as a myth explains why they hold the Olympics every four years Homer The Iliad Homeric gods strong beautiful immortal but are they Omnipotent omnipresent omniscient ethical Do not have control over everything not omnipotent cannot be everywhere at once not omnipresent they do not know everything not omniscient they often act irrationally and based on their feelings not ethical Mankind does not look up to the gods with admiration not very connected with gods Reaction to Homer s gods was Greek Philosophy o Xenophanes skeptical of gods o Anaximander thought the beginning of the world was in the infinite and believed we could base everything off of four elements earth wind fire air o Pythagoras Empirical looking at evidence around you to solve something Science based on empirical investigation
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