A inutilidade dos homens. Considerações sobre a condição humana nos poemas homéricos e nos de Hesíodo

Comparing the importance of work in greek, babilonian and semitic mythologies, I examine the particularity of greek conception of human nature as presented in its most ancient texts. I propose that the surprising absence of a myth about the criation of human race in the homeric poems and in those of...

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Main Author: Lopes, Antonio Orlando O. Dourado
Format: Online
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2011
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Online Access:https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/phaos/article/view/9446
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Summary:Comparing the importance of work in greek, babilonian and semitic mythologies, I examine the particularity of greek conception of human nature as presented in its most ancient texts. I propose that the surprising absence of a myth about the criation of human race in the homeric poems and in those of Hesiod must be considered a significant characteristic of greek mythology.
ISSN:1676-3076