Wednesday, August 31 ~ How are your drawing skills?

I'm sick again, but reading along with you at home!

Journal 8
I'm bored of vocab and questions. Let's change it up! For lines 616-715 the Titanomachy is explained; that's basically the beginning of the war in which Zeus takes power from his pop, Kronos. Surprise! The dad's aren't very functional in these myths. Read through and give subtitles to each stanza. You could do this pretty quickly together.

• You won't need much vocab, but a heads up. The "Lame One" in 579 is of course Hephaestus. and "Kronides" in 623 is Zeus, son of Kronos.

Then starting around line 715-820, draw a picture of the world as Hesiod explains it. Hey, why not use the white board as you read it aloud? Then you can each take a picture at the end.

• Oh and a tip... "Iapetos' son" in line 746 is Atlas...holding the world in his hands. 

We'll catch up tomorrow. I promise!

Optional HW: If you feel like Theogony has been a blur, you can master it in about an hour. Watch this professor sum it up pretty well.