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opposition to one another, yet at the same time it presents images of obedience that does not necessarily speak of conflict. In this respect Hesiods poem offers at least one
instance of how oppositions work to convey a message of sorts. In presenting the reader with characters, such as Zeus, who creates the conflict, we see an element that speaks
of conveying messages through such conflict. The following paper briefly, and tutorially, presents a simple illustration of this. Theogony Hesiods work is essentially stories of gods and the
conflicts that exist between the gods and men. However, in his conflicts between the entities he presents the reader with gender conflicts as well. Women are often brought into play
in very subtle, yet very powerful, ways in order to perhaps bring more excitement and chaos to the epics, and thus offer a conflict that conveys meaning. For example, in
lines 36-52 we note how the muses and daughters all rejoice in the power, the male power, of Zeus: "Come thou, let us begin with the Muses who gladden the
great spirit of their father Zeus in Olympus with their songs, telling of things that are and that shall be and that were aforetime with consenting voice. Unwearying flows the
sweet sound from their lips, and the house of their father Zeus the loud-thunderer is glad at the lily-like voice of the goddesses as it spread abroad, and the peaks
of snowy Olympus resound, and the homes of the immortals.....And again, they chant the race of men and strong giants, and gladden the heart of Zeus within Olympus, -- the
Olympian Muses, daughters of Zeus the aegis-holder" (Hesiod Theogony 36-52). In many ways this is the entire theme of the story that unfolds, for Zeus is the one to
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