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Theogonic Poetry?. Enuma Elish. Ancient Poem from Babylon Apsu and Tiamat: male and female water which mingle. 1-115 Hymn and Invocation to the Muses. Muses Children of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Calliope - Epic Poetry Clio - History/Lyre Playing Euterpe - Lyric poetry/Flute Playing
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Enuma Elish • Ancient Poem from Babylon • Apsu and Tiamat: male and female water which mingle
1-115 Hymn and Invocation to the Muses
MusesChildren of Zeus and Mnemosyne Calliope - Epic Poetry Clio - History/Lyre Playing Euterpe - Lyric poetry/Flute Playing Melpomene - Tragedy/Lyre Playing Terpsichore - Choral Dancing/Flute Playing Erato - Love Poetry Polyhymnia - Sacred Music/Dancing Urania - Astronomy Thalia - Comedy Theogony pg.5 and M&L pp. 130-131
116-122 The first created beings: Chaos, Gaia, Tartaros, Eros (Chasm, Earth, Tartarus, Love)
123-153 - Second Generation Children of Chaos and Gaia. **Gaia (Earth) gives birth to Kronos and other Titans, with her son Uranos (Sky)**
154-210 First Succession Myth Kronos cuts of the genitals of Uranos
211-336 Second and Third Generation Children and Grandchildren of Nyx and Pontos.
337-885 The Grandchildren of the Titans The Succession of the Olympians
453-506 Birth of Olympians Succession of the Olympians - Zeus rules as the supreme god. See Theogony pg.16
507-616 Prometheus’ Disobedience Origin of Women
617-731 Battle of the Titans - Zeus is victorious with the help of the Hundred-Handers, Gyges, Briareos and Kottos pp.21ff.
820-885 Typhoeus; the final challenge to Zeus Zeus confirms his supremecy
886-929 Marriages of Zeus
930 - End Other unions of gods; with other gods and mortals
Hurrian/Hittite Myths of Creation • Alalu defeated by the Sky God Anu. • Anu reigns for 9 years before fighting Kumarbi.Realizing he will be defeated Anu flees up to heaven, but Kumarbi catches him, bites off his genitals and swallows them. • Kumarbi has actually swallowed gods, whom he tries to spit out, but the weather god remains inside of him. He swallows something which appears to be a stone, and after much groaning the weather god emerges.