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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"theogony"”.
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The Interchange of Plain Velar and Aspirate in Kronos/Chronos: A Case for Etymological Equivalence
… but it will demand a rereading of Hesiod's Theogony to account for the possible relation of its myth and symbols to comparable myths and symbols of the transitioning ages of the world and consequent calendrical corrections. </p>
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"Zeus the Head, Zeus the Middle": Studies in the History and Interpretation of the Orphic Theogonies
… these poems as if they were similar to Hesiod’s Theogony – lengthy chronological accounts of the births of the gods from the beginning of time to the present – but I argue that the Orphic tradition was more fluid, likely characterised by a variety of shorter poems, scattered in different …
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Traditional Gods and Civic Religion in Plato’s Later Dialogues
… gods. In this way, it integrates the traditional theogony into the general cosmogony. The second chapter explores the role of traditional gods in Plato’s narratives of human origins. I argue that the Timaeus makes the traditional and cosmic gods jointly responsible for the creation of human beings …
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Anthropogony, Myth and Gender: Athenian Autochthony as a Case Study
… autochthony. Chapter 1, by looking at Hesiod’s Theogony and Works and Days, provides an Archaic background for autochthony myths. It demonstrates that Archaic myth offered a tragic vision of social order in the human world, according to which a sexually active human society was unable to obtain …
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Anthropophagy and cannibalism in ancient Greek literature
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01