Greek Myth II & III: Hesiod’s Theogony, or Imagine if Hesiod Had an Ancestry.com Account Part 1 & Part 2

Posted byTriumvir ClioPosted inGreek Myth, The Greeks

The Theogony was a little too long to do in one episode, so I split it in two. But for discussion purposes, we’ll keep it all together.

Discussion Prompts
  1. Gaia, the Muses, Memory, Night, the Fates, the Furies… The Theogony is populated by women who have power and are in many ways equal to their male counterparts.  What are your thoughts on gender in the Theogony?  
  2. What do you think might have been happening in society that gave us the story of the Olympian overthrow of the Titans?
  3. Ouranos swallows his children.  Zeus swallows his wife.  What does this say about power roles?
  4. What is your favorite myth or mythological character?  Why?
  5. Why do you think Hesiod keeps coming back to Heracles in the Theogony?

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I have a BA in History and Classical Civilization from Loyola University Chicago and an MPH from Western Michigan University. I've been a geometry teacher, a religion teacher, a writing tutor. I'm a writer, a knitter, a dancer, a singer, an actor. And, yes, for fun I like to reread everything that was assigned while getting my classics degree.

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