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What was Hesiod’s view on the mankind’s past and future? Hesiod was a Greek poet. One of the poems that Hesiod wrote is called the Theogony. This poem tells about all of the Greek gods. Another poem is called Work and Days. In this poem Hesiod’s father just died and he’s trying to get his brother Perses to share the land that he got from their father with Hesiod. There are two parts to this poem. In the first part Hesiod gives his brother advise on how humans should live their lives. The second part gives advice on how humans should practically live. This poem is meant to get Perses to share his land with Hesiod, but in it Hesiod writes down his view on mankind’s past and future. 

Hesiod believed that there were five ages of the earth. The first age was the golden age where everything was peaceful and man lived like gods. The second poem was the silver age where man started having to work for their food. And they did not grow up until they were one hundred years old. The third age was the bronze age. In this age all the animals, plants, people, everything was made of bronze. The fourth age was the age of hero’s. In this age there were demigods. The demigods are not man and not gods, but are somewhere in between. Fifth was the iron age where the world is now. Hesiod believed that in the future of the iron age the Zeus the king of gods would destroy mankind forever. 

Even though Hesiod believed this would all happen he still thought you should appease Zeus and rely on him to help you. Hesiod believed that being man all your life was is hard work, appease the gods, then die. Apparently to Hesiod the future for humans had death all over it. 

According to Hesiod you needed to please the gods or else. You needed to pray to Zeus and hope he was pleased. If he was pleased he would tell you how to live your life. If you didn.t pray or make sacrifices to Zeus then he would give you terrible sanctions. If you could please Zeus then he would give you small rewards on earth. Hesiod basically believed that you needed to appease Zeus, hope he will give you good sanctions, then when Zeus is tired with you then you die and that’s it. In Hesiod’s mind mankind’s future was only darkness and death.

Plutarch tells about when Alexander the great taking over cities to make a great empire. Alexander was a great leader and he lead with compassion. His goal was to unite as much of the world as he could under on empire so the world would not be chaotic. So his characteristics were compassion, care. and some others.

In Plutarch’s opinion a great man was a leader who did great things like making a big nation. That makes Alexander a great man. He conquered many cities to make the world under one banner. In Plutarch’s opinion alexander was great and so his title is Alexander the Great.

The business which has most intrigued me is lawn care. There are a lot of jobs you can do for lawn care. You can mow, rake leaves, gardening, shovel snow, pick up sticks, and pick up nuts that fell off the tree. All these things and I haven’t covered half. Yardwork is what a lot of kids do in their neighborhood, for their parents, or for their grandparents. Yardwork is what my brother is doing. If you have a big neighborhood then having yardwork for a job might be hard. A small neighborhood makes it easier. Lawn care can be easy or hard depending on what the job is, but it can be fun. 

The business opportunity which most intrigued me. There are two. Babysitting and an egg laying business. 

I like baby sitting because I’m great with kids or so everyone tells me. When parents need a break they need a babysitter. They might have a meeting they have to go to or they just want to spend time with each other. That’s when they hire a babysitter. I would go over and watch their kids for how long they needed me to. I like babysitting because it’s fun playing with kids. 

I love chickens, live or dead. Only if the dead one is dinner though. I have my own chickens so selling eggs will be easy for me. I love to cook and eat the eggs. I’ve been taking care of chickens for most of my life and I love it. I just feed them, water them, gather the eggs, sell the eggs, then put the chickens away for the night. 

Both of these jobs are simple and I love doing them. 

Genesis vs theogony. What are the main differences between Genesis 1 and Theogony? The theogony was a poem written by Hesiod. Hesiod was a Greek poet and sometimes is called “father of Greek  didactic poetry.” Genesis is the first book in the Bible. Genesis one is about the creation of man ad the world. This paper is about the differences between the two.

In the poem the theogony there are hundreds of gods with each their own power. It also says that gods make more gods. In the Bible there is only one God that has always been and always will be. God wasn’t created by anything like the gods in the theogony were. 

In the theogony people started out as man only and no woman. Hesiod claims the man did something to displease the gods and so the gods gave them woman as a curse. Genesis says that God created one man in the beginning and he was lonely so God gave him woman as a blessing. Genesis 2: 20-23 says”20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” This is a big difference between Genesis and the theogony of why woman was made. 

One more difference is that the two have huge different views on how the world was made. In the theogony Hesiod says he does not know how the world came to be, but that his words were coming from the Muses which were the daughters of Zeus. Genesis actually says how the world was made. On day one God created light. On day two God created firmament. On day three God created all forms of vegetation, which is plants. On day four God created the universe which is the planets, stars, and suns. On day five God created all flying things and everything that swims in the water. And on day six God created everything that walks on land and man. Finally on day Seven God rested. This is why there are seven days in a week. 

Genesis vs theogony. What are the main differences between Genesis 1 and Theogony. These three paragraphs have answered that question. The theogony does not give a reference to how the world was made, it says woman is a curse, and that there are hundreds of gods. While the Bible says how the world was made, that woman is a blessing to man and that there is only one true God. 

Medea was a play written by the Euripides. This play started when Jason and the Argonauts went to get a golden fleece from a king. The king said that they could only have it if Jason completed three impossible challenges. The kings daughter Medea said she would help Jason with these challenges if he would take her with him when they left. Jason agreed and eventually got the fleece and took Medea home with him and marries her. After a while Jason stops loving Medea and marries someone else. Medea becomes enraged and wants to get revenge by killing Jason’s new family. Because of this she is banished. 

What is the view of the biblical materials on the role of ethics in the development of history? Today there are much different ethics that the Bible presents to us today. If someone is stressed about something happening the day after that they ca recite Mathew 6:34 says “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” If someone has trouble loving one another they can recite 1 Peter 4:8 which says “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” 

Different Bible verses have different themes. Proverbs is about wisdom and Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John (the Gospels) are about the life of Jesus. Different people get different sanctions depending on how they obey God. If someone wants sanctions they will want to obey God and do what He says. Your sanctions from God can change depending on things like how you act, what you say, and what you let your eyes see. No one can really choose if their life is good or not. All they can do is obey God and be diligent in their work. Your life can start out as you loving and obeying God and then you turn away from Him and God changes your sanctions from good to bad or it can go the other way. 

Like I said before having wisdom and obedience can to God can lead to good sanctions, but a life of wickedness and foolishness will lead to bad sanctions. I will bet your wondering why people do wicked things anyway. Well they either don’t care about sanctions and just do things because they want too or they don’t know about sanctions and how they can do bad things for you if you disobey God. 

An example of a good sanction in the Bible was when Noah obeyed God and built an Ark because God said there would be a flood and for that Noah and his family survived. An example of a bad sanction id the Bible Was when  David took Bathsheba for his wife and then killed her husband. For this God killed David’s firstborn. Sanctions can be good or bad and I hope you choose wisely.

Most wars begin because one nation is scared of a nation getting too big or too strong. The Peloponnesian war began because of Sparta’s fear of the Athens getting too strong. Sparta eventually won the war and became the strongest nation. There were still some wars now and then competing for the strongest nation, but in the end everyone just didn’t care and the war ended. 

The Persian wars started when King Darius of Persia wanted to expand his nation. They started by invading Greece. The Persian’s lost many man in later wars and it seemed as if the Persians would win the war, but soon enough Greece won. We can only guess what would of happened if the Persian’s won. 

The relationships between ethics and sanctions in Proverbs 1-7. Most of the Proverbs were written by King David’s son Solomon. The first nine books of Proverbs are focused on wisdom. Solomon is trying to keep his son with wise people and away from fools and wicked people. Solomon wants to keep his son away from evil. In the proverbs Solomon describes wisdom as a woman. Proverbs 4:10-15 says

10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

The woman in these verses is wisdom. There is also another woman in Proverbs, and that is fools. Proverbs 2:12-19 says

12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. 

Solomon wanted to keep his son from getting caught up with the things of this world, but to focus on wisdom and God. Solomon was known for his wisdom and his goal was to teach his son wisdom. In Proverbs 6:6-8 Solomon tells his son to act like an ant.6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. The relationship between ethics and sanctions in Proverbs is very powerful. And not just Solomon and his son should be wise, but that everyone should be wise.

Sparta was a very crude society. They were obsessed with war. At the age of seven boys were taken from their homes and trained for war. All year even in winter they wore barely any clothes at all. They were fed barely anything and this was to train them because they would try to steal food and if they were caught their punishment was big. at age twenty they were allowed to get married, but they were hardly ever allowed to see their wife or kids. This was done to train them to sneak out. At age thirty they could be real citizens. Although the woman ate at home good food and the men ate at public mess halls which were very dirty. They ate horrible food which sometimes had blood in it.

Aristotle is known as one of the greatest philosophers to ever live. For twenty years he was a student in Plato’s academy and later founded his own school. He spent a lot of his life their teaching. studying, and writing.