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In five pages this paper compares Hesiod’s Five Ages of Man with Ovid’s Four Ages of Mankind creation myth; and also compares and contrasts the story of Zeus with Olympic deities Poseidon and Hades in order to examine why their interactions with Zeus and stories about their origins are important to understanding Greek mythology. Three sources are listed in the bibliography.
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File: TG15_TGfivezeus.rtf
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unexplained - how the cosmos was created. It included gods and goddesses with human characteristics that reflected societys values at the time. The most revered gods and goddesses
were the paragons of uncompromising morals while the reviled gods and goddesses threatened the sanctity of these virtues. Most of what is known about Greek mythology and creation (or
origin of humanity) myths is attributed to Hesiods text Theogony. He was a Greek poet who lived approximately 700 years before the birth of Jesus Christ. According to
Hesiod the cosmos and everything associated with them emerged from chaos. In order to maintain harmonious balance between these unstable worlds, gods and goddesses were created to manage and
control them. None was greater or more powerful than the mighty Zeus. From the heights of Mount Olympus, Zeus presided over all gods and goddesses while also serving
as god of the sky (heavens) and thunder. After the creation, Hesiod contended that humanity evolved through a series of five
ages. First was the Golden Age, which was in the time of Kronos, father of Zeus (Hesiod 40). It was a period of blissful co-existence between gods and
humans, when differences were few. A utopian time of eternal springtime, people were unaffected by age, and death was a restful repose (Hesiod). Next was the Silver Age,
over which Zeus reigned supreme (Hesiod 40). However, in contrast to his divine superiority, the mortals were decidedly inferior (Hesiod 40). Here, there was an aging process of
childhood, adolescence, and manhood. Humans lacking in intellect attempted to outwit each other by committing crimes and became farther removed from their godly counterparts (Hesiod 41). Because of
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