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| Facsimile Binding - The Works of Hesiod, 1635 (from Ars Obscura) |
- Quest (Quiz-Test) over Leithart's Intro materials (including Intro to Ancient Epic)
- When finished, read Theogony, lines 1-115. Then please begin your next journal, which will introduce you to Hesiod's Theogony from a critical perspective. It's an extraordinarily structured affair, so please lend Leithart your ear.
HW:
J5 – Heroes (53-61): “Theogony Intro” / “The
Muses”
Review Questions:
1.
What is a “theogony”?
2.
What two main stories does Hesiod's Theogony
tell?
3.
Describe the concentric arrangement
of the passage concerning the battle between Zeus and the Titans.
4.
How are the five major stories of
the Theogony organized?
5.
Describe the structure of the prooimion.
6.
Describe some of the ambiguities of
the first section of the prooimion.
7.
How does Hesiod make clear that Zeus
is the central character of his poem?
8.
Who are the Muses? What is their
role?
9.
In what sense do the Muses
"lie"? What might this say about the nature of art?
10. How does Hesiod connect poetry and political rhetoric? How
does this differ from the modern view of poetry?
