Blog #1 Theogony and The Elites: How themes are similar to what we watch today.

Let us first Introduce the author. Hesiod, Greek Hesiodos, Latin Hesiodus, (prospered c. 700 BC), one of the most punctual Greek artists, regularly called the “father of Greek didactic poetry.” Two of his complete epics have survived, the Theogony, relating the myths of the divine beings, and the Works and Days, portraying laborer life.

I find Theogony very similar to the Elites and the ruling class. Maybe just because of so much power they hold and how they live. I think there is one concept or theme that is familiar with the ruling class which is incest.

This has been a very familiar topic among the recent series that people have been binge-watching even since the Pandemic hasn't started. Namely, Game of Thrones and Elite. One of the houses in Game of Thrones has full of it. I am sure GoT Fans will surely know who they are. The House Targaryen is known for  "incest"  for they try to keep their bloodline pure. Although it is not considered incest in the culture that was adapted in the series it is the kind of incest we know today.

It is similar as well to what these incest relationships resulted in. In the Theogony of Hesiod, we know that some of those gods born out of incest resulted in unlikely features like being cyclopes this is true as well for the House Targaryen where they would flip a coin just to determine if the child would grow to be insane or not. 

That has been an interesting topic for children nowadays and things such as those are different from one culture to the other.

References:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hesiod#ref261851

http://www.quailbellmagazine.com/the-real/social-anxieties-in-hesiods-theogony

https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/Incest