The number of birds? What does this mean?

I really like this version of the story. Instead of just going to war, Latinus talks it out and tries to find a peaceful ending.

From all our readings, it seems every glance into the future predicts war and bloodshed.

In reference to the seven hills that are within the walls of Rome. I believe there were seven different settlements located on each hill and the city of Rome came together from the interaction of each settlement.

Is there some kind of significance behind the hundred knots of bronze?

I can only imagine how frightening it would be if Zeus showed up unannounced in front of me. I'd probably end up like Semele!

From our lecture we are told that Boeotia means cow-land because of the special cow that guides Cadmus, and we can see the consistency of the cow in this story as well.

Is this in reference to the grapes? If so I need to appreciate grapes more and eat more!

Here we see a reference to Dionysos as a god of the grape-harvest rather than the god of fertility that we know.

The imagery of this is very interesting.

Not really sure I understand what this means..

I picture Zeus with a not impressed face looking at Ares saying "really? again?"

Based off of this poem it seems that Ares is all talk and no action. He likes to scream and taunt but can't back it up.

Good to know that Zeus isn't cruel enough to let his own offspring die.

When I think of Cupid I typically think of one who makes two people fall in love and helps love bloom. However, in this passage it seems Cupid is a love-breaker and a rascal.

What does it mean by to witness the sight of the age?

I wonder why purple wrappings? Is there a hidden meaning behind the use of purple?

You can really tell this poem was meant to be sung due to the repetition of "Woe for ___".

I too feel that the winter is in a realms of darkness.

The anguish that Demeter felt from Hades made Demeter bring a type of evil comparable to Hades to the Earth.

Interesting that it says that Zeus gave her away when we read later on that Hades abducted her. Maybe this means that he did not try to fight for her?

As Prometheus represents foresight, I wonder what will lead Zeus to be softer. I cannot wait to find out if and how Zeus becomes softer.

This really reinforces the idea that Zeus was above all as ruler of the gods. He was so powerful and because of this he had no worries

In reference to the woman here, would it be that Pandora opened her own jar? I had thought t hat Epimertheus or the humans had opened the jar as they were curious.

I connect this to Ovid’s Metamorphoses, where he states that the golden age of humanity was before the gods and goddesses. In this case, once the gods and goddesses arrived it really did bring the world out of the golden age.

I feel like Prometheus is being underrated here, as he cares for the humans and is looking out for them. Quite the contrast compared to Zeus.

This entire passage really reinforces the fact that Ancient Greek men hated women for a whole bunch of reasons. It surprises me how misogynistic their society was.

I believe this is the first we've seen the mention of Egypt. I wonder, why Egypt? And what the significance of Egypt?

I can really picture how strong Typoheus was based off this description here. Typhoeus was always described as big and monstrous, but this really paints a clear picture on how monstrous and scary Typhoeus was.

Zeus seemingly learned from his fathers' mistakes. Instead of swallowing the children, he swallowed Metis, thus ending the possibility of her having a child that could overthrow him.

Another use of the sickle as a weapon. This is the second time we've seen this. The first being when Cronus used the sickle on Ouranos. I wonder why the sickle was the choice of weapon. Is there a hidden meaning behind the sickle?

Ovid is seemingly saying that the golden age of humanity is when we were without laws; where humans could live freely and without fear. Later on in the piece we see that as law and order is instilled, the world went downhill.

I had always thought that Zeus was born with the ability to forge thunder and lightning. I find it very interesting that the thing he is most known for was given to him.

This reminds me of the myth of Pan Gu, who had to split the earth and sky apart, and had to push them further apart each day.

This is a common theme among these creation myths, where chaos existed before anything. Ovid's description of chaos is exactly what I imagined it to be, a world full of confusion.

Reading this reminds me of how as a kid, I had to drink more milk to be tall and strong and had honey for when I was sick.

"First there was darkness, then there was light." is what this reminds me of. It seems a lot of the creation myths like to say that the world was born out of darkness and chaos.