Hesiod

INTRODUCTION In Carl J. Richard’s book, Twelve Greeks and Romans Who Changed the World, he examines and outlines the influence that twelve men had on their societies, and even in future generations. The men outlined were Homer, Thales, Themistocles, Pericles, Plato, Alexander the Great, Scipio Africanus, Julius Caesar, Cicero, Augustus, Paul of Tarsus, and Augustine. Some of these men influenced their society more positive than others, but their power and impact would no doubt alter their own…

Calypso: A Sea Nymph of Selfishness or Passion? Calypso [Kalypso, Kalupsô], written as Καλυψω in Greek, was the sea nymph in Homer’s epic, The Odyssey. the only context in which she is referred to. Her name, when translated, means “to conceal” and her father was Atlas, the titan who held up the sky. She lived on the island Ogygia, in which she was placed a prisoner for helping her father during the battle of Olympians and Titans. Calypso is mostly symbolized as a diversion, a force that keeps…

Greek mythology is the primary figure of myths and wisdoms that belonged to ancient Greeks. Greek legends fall into the same primary category, legends being somewhat factual, while myths generally convey some sort of truth. These truths usually present themselves as some sort of revelation, where a dilemma is solved, resulting in some sort of moral gain. What chiefly separates both myth and legend from history is that both myth and legend define our knowledge of history. Our first recorded…

In American society a woman’s body is sexualized in the media. Beauty is an image that everyone strives for. There isn’t an exact definitions of beauty, it can be external and internal. What one sees as beauty another can view as ugly. Normally, women in ads/ TV are portrayed as sex symbols. There goals is to get as many buyers to indulge in a certain product and project an image that if you consume what I have you’ll look and feel beautiful. Over the course of class we have read many myths…

mankind. Like other origin myths, Hesiod’s Theogeny contains many layers of subtlety and nuance, which provide invaluable insight on where we come from as a culture and society. Although we have made great technological advances since the time of Hesiod, we remain fundamentally the…

multiple heads, with the tail of a serpent, a mane of snakes, and the claws of a lion. This dog was first mentioned in Homeric poems but was first referred to by name by Hesiod. The dog's duty was to guard the gates of Haides, which is the entrance to the underworld, to prevent ghosts of the dead from existing the underworld, which Hesiod describes clearly: “And before them a dreaded hound, on watch, who has no pity,…

used his unlimited power and used it to punish people and change history. He had flaws like everyone, but was admired for his peace. His temper sometimes got out of hand, but he would have a reason for being upset. According to “Work and Days” by Hesiod, “Zeus was a carefree god who was wise, fair, just, and merciful.” He was also very unpredictable, nobody knew what he was going to do next. This is why there’s so many opinions on him. In one story he could be all peaceful and kind, and in the…

The Archaic period was from 800 BCE - 490 BCE. This was the point at which the order of the Greek letters was definitely designed with vowels and constants. This is additionally when the Greek polis (a small city-state) was created. Individuals were defined by certain geographic regions and not simply by family ties. People created trade roots which in turn stimulated economic development. Trade relied upon the ocean due to the fact that it was one of the only available methods of transportation…

Emerging from the latter half of the 5th century BCE, travelling professional intellectuals called the sophists frequented Athens and the surrounding Greek city-states. These intellectuals would offer an education in “arête” (excellence) – to those who would be able to pay a small fee. Arête, during the second half of the fifth century BCE, was associated by Greek citizens with being successfully influential in the political sphere through persuasive speech whereas before then arête was…

The most common theme throughout myths are all the challenges that gods and goddesses faced. Throughout their lives gods and goddesses came across problems, which either help them become the god/goddess they were, or it allowed them to help others. The first clear example of this was Zeus. The whole problem started because Zeus wanted to overthrow his father and save his brother and sisters from the inside of his father Cronus, where they were capture. So both of them went to war against each…