Exam 1: Before Philosophy: Myth in Hesiod and Homer

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The gods, in Homer's poem,

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Homer

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Hesiod claimed to write his poems

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What brought on the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles?

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Describe the gods of Olympus as Homer portrays them.

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The quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon began when

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In teaching Parmenides, I have found it best to start with his conclusions: There are not many things, and nothing ever changes. These are startling enough that students wonder why anyone would ever believe such things, and they are then engaged.

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What virtues are praised in The Iliad?

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It is important that this chapter not be taught as just one view after another. I try to stress how every subsequent thinker sees a problem in a previous one and tries to solve it. Karl Popper cited these pre-Socratics as displaying the method (which he favored) of "conjectures and refutations," and that seems a promising hook on which to hang the discussions.

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Zeus came to be "father of gods and men," according to Hesiod,

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What can we learn from Homer's poem about how to be excellent human beings?

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How, according to Hesiod, did Zeus come to be king of the gods?

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What does the term "theogony" mean? Relate several central events in Hesiod's theogony.

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How does The Iliad end?

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