published by Damascus University
in 2007
in English
and research's language is
العربية
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Abstract in English
This paper seeks to discuss the question of divine retribution in
Theogony, a Greek poem attributed to Hesiod (8th c. B.C.) It shows that
divine retribution occurs in the wake of crimes, which brings about gods’
wrath in Greek mythology. Then it proceeds to reveal this poet’s major
purpose which consists in his conception of poetry as an educative tool,
which reminds us of its time-honoured role as a public forum geared
towards inculcating ethical values into its recipients.
References used
(Adam, James. The Religious Teachers of Greece. (Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1988
(Apollodorus. The Library. Translated into English by Sir James George Frazer (Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1921
(Bacchylides. Complete Poems. Translated by Robert Fagles and edited by AdamM. Parry (Yale University Press, 1961