Very cool to think about this story, lost tales, and multicultural influences that found their way into the Homeric tradition. You might remember a while back I had an interest in the lost works between the Iliad and Odyssey. Well, I’m finally putting out my version of Posthomerica I on my website and as a book. Would love your feedback if you’re interested in checking it out.
Yep. The Greeks were not all that concerned with the beginning of things. All the main Greek myths about beginnings come from points east--the so-called "Succession Myth" which established Zeus as the big cheese comes from non-Greek sources--Anatolia, Syria, and Mesopotamia mainly (where it has come to be called "Kingship in Heaven"). The Hebrew Bible devotes a lot of pages to beginnings as well. Many folks have seen parallels between the first woman Pandora, who brought ills to men, and the first woman Eve, who ate the forbidden fruit. If you want more about Gaia and Ouranos, read about "Kingship in Heaven" in the cultures that inspired the creation of those divinities. Here's a link that might interest you: https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/79653/1/Kingship%20in%20Heaven%20in%20Anatolia%20Syria%20and%20Greece.%20Patterns%20of%20Convergence%20and%20Divergence%20%281%29.pdf
A curiosity I have if its all good is on the lack of any story primarily focused on the primordials aside from Gaia/Ouranos which are in my opinion among the most fascinating elements of Greek mythology given unlike the gods who represented the elements they were elements themselves?
They were kind of there in the beginning and then didn’t do much after.
Very cool to think about this story, lost tales, and multicultural influences that found their way into the Homeric tradition. You might remember a while back I had an interest in the lost works between the Iliad and Odyssey. Well, I’m finally putting out my version of Posthomerica I on my website and as a book. Would love your feedback if you’re interested in checking it out.
Sure, Greg. Give ne a link when you get ready.
Cool. It starts Monday and will run for 30 weeks. https://gfishbone.com/after-the-iliad/
Yep. The Greeks were not all that concerned with the beginning of things. All the main Greek myths about beginnings come from points east--the so-called "Succession Myth" which established Zeus as the big cheese comes from non-Greek sources--Anatolia, Syria, and Mesopotamia mainly (where it has come to be called "Kingship in Heaven"). The Hebrew Bible devotes a lot of pages to beginnings as well. Many folks have seen parallels between the first woman Pandora, who brought ills to men, and the first woman Eve, who ate the forbidden fruit. If you want more about Gaia and Ouranos, read about "Kingship in Heaven" in the cultures that inspired the creation of those divinities. Here's a link that might interest you: https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/79653/1/Kingship%20in%20Heaven%20in%20Anatolia%20Syria%20and%20Greece.%20Patterns%20of%20Convergence%20and%20Divergence%20%281%29.pdf
A curiosity I have if its all good is on the lack of any story primarily focused on the primordials aside from Gaia/Ouranos which are in my opinion among the most fascinating elements of Greek mythology given unlike the gods who represented the elements they were elements themselves?
They were kind of there in the beginning and then didn’t do much after.