Hesiod's Theogony : from Near Eastern creation myths to Paradise lost / Stephen Scully.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scully, Stephen, 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hesiod. Theogony.

Hesiod.

Hesiod--Appreciation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study both offers a reading of Hesiod's 'Theogony' and traces the reception and shadows of this authoritative Greek creation story in Greek and Roman texts up to Milton's 'Paradise Lost'. It also considers the poem in light of Near Eastern creation stories, including the 'Enûma Elish' and 'Genesis', as well as Freud's 'Civilization and Its Discontents'. In this book, Hesiod's poem is read as a hymn to Zeus and a city-state creation myth, arguing that Olympus is portrayed as an idealised polity and - with but one exception - a place of communal harmony.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Hesiod's Theogony: From near Eastern Creation Myths to Paradise Lost""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Points of Comparison""; ""Hesiod and Homer""; ""Hesiod and Homer on the Gods""; ""Hesiod and Homer: Stylistic Comparisons""; ""The Theogony 's Afterlife, a Brief Sketch""; ""The Theogony and Genesis""; ""Chapter 2: The Theogony""; ""Concluding Thoughts""; ""Chapter 3: The Theogony and Eastern Parallels""; ""Hurrio-Hittite Parallels: Kumarbi, Hedammu, and Ullikummi and Illuyanka""

""Enûma elish, or the Epic of Creation""""The Harab Myth, or the Theogony of Dunnu""; ""Philo of Byblos or the Phoenician History""; ""The Reception of These Near Eastern Tales in Greek Authors""; ""Chapter 4: The Theogony in the Archaic and Classical Periods""; ""The Theogony in the Archaic Period""; ""The Homeric Hymns""; ""Solon""; ""The Presocratics: Anaximander and Heraclitus""; ""Parmenides and Empedocles""; ""Pindar""; ""The Theogony in the Classical Period""; ""Aeschylus""; ""Comedy and the Other Tragedians""; ""Hippias, Protagoras, Prodicus, and the Sophists""; ""Plato""

""Isocrates, Allegory, Aristotle, Alcidamas: Paideia and Hesiodic Scholarship of the Fourth Century""""In Summary""; ""Chapter 5: Echoes of the Theogony in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods""; ""Scholars on the Theogony : Alexandria, Pergamon, and Rhodes""; ""Tourism""; ""The Alexandrian Poets""; ""Philosophy/Religion""; ""Greek Treatises and Romances/Universal Histories""; ""The Arts""; ""Education""; ""In Rome, an Ironic Theogony""; ""Sanitizing the Theogony, Apollodorus's Library""; ""Fun Times with Hesiod""; ""Learned Discourses, the Second Sophistic, and Christian Apologists""

""A Tour de Force""""Access to the Mind of God""; ""Chapter 6: Theogonic Shadows""; ""Milton""; ""Notes""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Chapter 4""; ""Chapter 5""; ""Chapter 6""; ""Bibliography""; ""Bibliography for Modern Texts""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-046384-8

0-19-025398-3

0-19-025397-5