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“How the World and Mankind Were Created”. Edith Hamilton’s Mythology. “From darkness and from death”. Love was born Companion-Radiant Day Hesiod: First Greek who tried to explain how things began (Hamilton 78). Personification.
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“How the World and Mankind Were Created” Edith Hamilton’s Mythology
“From darkness and from death” • Love was born • Companion-Radiant Day • Hesiod: First Greek who tried to explain how things began (Hamilton 78)
Personification • “To the people who told these stories all the universe was alive with the same kind of life they knew in themselves” (78) • “They were individual persons, so they personified everything which has the obvious marks of life” (79)
Mother Earth & Father Heaven (Hamilton 79-80) • First creatures who had the appearance of life were the children of Mother Earth and Father Heaven • Gaea and Ouranos • Somewhat like man/unhuman • Cyclops • The Titans • Titan, Cronus • The Giants • The Erinyes (the Furies)-”as long as there was sin in the world they could not be banished”
Cronus and Rhea • Cronus (Saturn) lord of the universe • Rhea-his sister-queen • One of their sons: Zeus rebelled against his father-Why? • Prometheus took sides with Zeus • Atlas: Why was he condemned? Pg. 82 • The powers of Heaven claimed victory over the forces of Earth
Mankind • Earth-believed to be a round disk, divided into two equal parts by the Sea • Peace and security for mankind • Prometheus- “forethought, was very wise” • Epimetheus- “afterthought, was scatterbrained” (85)
Creation • Summarize the story of creation. p. 85-86 • Describe the “golden race” • Describe the “silver race” • Describe the “brass race” • Describe the “iron race”
Pandora • “the gift of all” (88) • The first woman • “For Pandora, like all women, was possessed of a lively curiosity” (88) • What was in the box? • “Hope”
Biblical Allusions • Allusion: a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature; often indirect or brief references to well-known characters or events. • “So mortals learned that it is not possible to get the better of Zeus or ever deceive him” (88). • Plagues contained in the box: sorrow, mischief, etc. • The Erinyes (the Furies)-”as long as there was sin in the world they could not be banished”
Prometheus: One of the Titans. He stole fire from the gods and gave it to mankind, and was severely punished for it.