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from Near Eastern creation myths to Paradise lost
1 online resource (x, 268 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
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.
Points of comparison: Hesiod and Homer; the Theogony and Genesis -- The Theogony -- The Theogony and eastern parallels: city-state succession myths? -- The Theogony in the archaic and classical periods -- Echoes of the Theogony in the Hellenistic and Roman periods -- Theogonic shadows: Byzantine, medieval and renaissance, Milton's Paradise Lost.
Includes bibliographical references and index.