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Hesiod’s Theogony: Reading the Proem as a Priamel

Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2010
Theogony lines 1-115 exhibit, despite interruptions, the classic features of a priamel, considering in sequence options for the poem's theme before arriving at a focus.
William A. Johnson
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Hesioďs Theogony [PDF]

, 2006
This thesis offers a textual interpretation of the Theogony, which is a text often ascribed by classical scholars to the author Hesiod. The thesis then turns its attention to discuss the narrative findings in relation to historical determined ...
Newington, Samantha Jane
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WHY THE ABSENCE OF MYTHICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE GORGONEION AND GORGO/MEDUSA IN THE PERIOD FROM THE 11TH TO THE 8TH CENTURY BC?

Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2022
In the present article the puzzled absence of mythical representations of the Gorgoneion and Gorgo/Medusa in the period from the 11th to the 8th c. is critically discussed.
Anna Lazarou
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The Orphic Theogonic Poems Attributed to Linos. Notes on the Testimony of Pausanias

Collectanea Philologica, 2017
I will discuss the connection between Linos and Orphics as it is outlined in the Description of Greece. Pausanias writes that Linos propagated in his songs the genealogy of the first deities of the Greek pantheon.
Mariola Sobolewska
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Uncovering the literary sources of John Tzetzes’ Theogony

, 2022
This chapter analyses John Tzetzes’ Theogony, a long poem in political verse that narrates genealogies of mythical gods and heroes following the example of Hesiod.
Tomadaki, Maria
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Theophoric Names in the “Heavenly” Prologue of the Buryat Epic Cycle Geseriada

Вопросы ономастики, 2021
Amongst other epic interpretations of religious mythology, the famous poems of Homer and Hesiod certainly rank the highest. Hesiod’s Theogony can be considered the most complete and consistent source on the history and genealogy of the Greek gods, as ...
Bair S. Dugarov
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The Concept of ‘Matter’ in Archaic Greece, 1: Khaos/Aèr in Hesiod’s Theogony

Peitho, 2017
The essay considers synthetically the passages of Hesiod’s Theogony concerning Khaos, Gaia, Uranòs, and Tàrtaros as describing the cosmic structure at its very beginning and at its present state.
Giovanni Cerri
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The role of Gaia Pelore in Hesiod's Theogony. [PDF]

, 2023
Gaia Pelore plays a crucial role in shaping the order of the cosmos and is described by a unique epithet: pelore. Though defined as 'monstrous,' this epithet is often translated as 'big' or 'vast' and is regarded by some ...
Hollinger, Alan.
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Theogony 215-16: Cronos’ Golden Hesperides, or Sheep for Apples? [PDF]

, 2021
The study proposes an alternative correction of the apparent transposition of lines 213 & 214 in The Theogony to replace Hermann’s proposed correction upheld in M. L. West’s standard edition. The alternative ordering of the lines herein proposed provides
Degener, Michael
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De moira aux Moirai, de l’épopée à la généalogie : approche historique et poétique de l’autorité de Zeus, maître du destin ( Iliade , Odyssée , Théogonie )

Dialogues d'Histoire Ancienne, 2010
From moira to Moirai, from épic to genealogy : historical and poetical approach on Zeus’ authority upon destiny (Iliad, Odyssey, Theogony). The representations of destiny in Greek archaic literature need to be studied from a historian’s point of view ...
Karin Mackowiak
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