5: Creation 3 Flashcards
Hesiod's Works and Days and Human Beings
There is one single version of the creation of humanity true or false
false
How are humans created according to orphism
from the ashes of the titans
what fundamental question does Hesiod’s works and days pose (that arises in the dark age and archaic period)
why is life so hard?
what does pandora mean, why
all gifted or the gift of all (the gods) -because all the gods have a hand in making her
Who created pandora? How
Hephaestus, from water and clay
How did Athena contribute to pandora
She taught her how to weave
What did aphordite give pandora
Desire love and heartbreak
What did Hermes give to Pandora
lies, deceit and “the soul of a bitch”
Where did woman come from who was the first
Pandora was the first women where all women came from
Why was pandora created?
As a punishment for human beings devised by Zeus in response to the theft of fire
What is pandora an etiology for, how
Etiology for women, marriage, and childbearing. Can’t live without them but can’t live with them.
How are women a punishment
Origin of bad things, they’re deceitful because they’re pretty to look at but they’re problematic. They’re consumers, not producers (since they’re just living in the house not working outside, harvesting), female activity was ignored (childbearing, weaving, household maintenance).
what was released when pandora opened the jar
all evil things were released to mankind.
What was the only thing that was not released from pandora’s jar when she opened it
hope
what happened at Mekone?
Gods and humans feasted, Zeus was tricked, there were bones wrapped in fat and meat concealed in the stomach. Zeus chooses the bones with fat even though its not nutritional, edible, it smells good. Humans get the meat concealed in the stomach.
what is the feast at mekone an etiology for
Ritual sacrifice, this is why humans burn fat and bones for the gods.
Why does Zeus punish humans with pandora?
Because they have fire back (from prometheus) after he took it away.
How is prometheus punished for giving fire back to humans? Who saves him?
He’s chained to a rock and an eagle eats his liver, it grows back overnight, and the eagle comes back the next day. This continues until Hercules (Zeus’ son) saves him.
The feast at Mekone story was not in Hesiod’s Theogony, but in works in days, why
Because the theogony wanted Zeus to look good.
What 10 things did Prometheus say he taught humans
Homebuilding, Astronomy, Mathematics, writing, husbandry (domestication of animals), seafaring, medicine, pharmacology, sacrifice, metallurgy.
Describe the five ages with respect to human hardship
Golden age (cronus): no work, no old age, men are like gods. Silver age; humans have long lives, but foolish, violent, not reverent (don’t worship gods). Bronze age: violent and warlike, kill each other. Heroic age: half-gods, isles of the blessed (cronus). Iron age: hesiod’s own age, mostly awful.
What basically happens to humans throughout the ages
Humans become more and more awful.
