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Theomachy scene (1)

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01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
04 Religious and philosophical literature and poetry


 		Keywords
theomachia
Zeus
Period
Greek Archaic Age 		Channel
Greek poets

Text
Hesiod, Theogony 687-699:
(Zeus comes from Olympus) with continuous lighting flashes he went, and the bolts flew thick and fast amid thunder and lightning from his stalwart hand, trailing holy flames. All around, the life-bearing earth rumbled as it burned and the vast woodlands crackled loudly on every side. The whole land was seething, and the streams of Oceanus, and the undraining sea. The hot blast enveloped the chthonic Titans; the indescribable flame reached the divine sky, and even the strongest eyes were blinded by the sparkling flare of the thunderbolt and lightning.

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Hesiod, Theogony 687-699

Bibliography

West 1997, 296West, Martin L. The East Face of Helicon. West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1997.

Amar Annus


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