Explain what hesiod meant by chaos


Assignment Topic: Greece - Hesiod.

Question 1:

  • Why do you suppose the Greeks thought that each of these particular four powers / beings was necessary at the beginning of creation: Chaos, Gaia, Tartaros, Eros?
  • Explain what Hesiod meant by Chaos. How do these first beings (Chaos, Gaia, Tartaros, Eros) come to be?
  • In this creation account, what seems to be "true" or "false"?
  • Does this seem to you to be a good way to start the world? Why or why not?

Question 2:

  • Why do you suppose the Greeks thought that most of their world was created by birth? (Note different kinds of births.)
  • In what way is creation by birth "true to life"?
  • Do you see any significance in Zeus' being hidden in a cave?
  • What could the cave and the stone that Kronos swallows symbolize?
  • What do you think all this stuffing, castrating, swallowing, and vomiting might symbolize?

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