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Kelvin Lu CLCV 111 NetID:klu10, UIN:658121844 9/9/14 1. Muses are singers. They are described as being very beautiful and erotic. They taught Hesiod how to sing while he was shepherding sheep. They are daughters of Zeus and often sing to him. Their voices are described as lovely and their songs ambrosial. The people whom the Muses love are blessed. 2. There was a castration by Cronus of his father, Uranus. He threw the testicles into the ocean and the foam from his severed testicles gave rise to Aphrodite. the furies, and the Meliae emerged from the drops of his blood. The genitals were carried over the sea a long time, and white foam arose from the flesh; where along with it a girl grew. The girl, Aphrodite, washed ashore on a scallop shell. 3. The river Styx formed the boundary between Earth and the Underworld. Styx was also the name of the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, and goddess of the River Styx itself. Styx is primarily a feature in the afterworld. The gods were bound by the Styx and swore oaths on it. The ferryman Charon transported the souls of the newly dead across this river into the underworld. 4. Athena is the goddess of wisdom, courage, law, and justice among other things. She is a shrewd companion of heroes and is the patron goddess of heroism. She was born of Zeus and Metis. It had been prophesied that Metis would bear children more powerful than the sire. In order to forestall these dire consequences, after lying with Metis, Zeus swallowed her down all of a sudden, but it was too late for Metis had conceived. Zeus experienced a severe headache – Prometheus, Hephaestus, Hermes, and Ares cleaved Zeus’ head and Athena leaped from Zeus’ head, fully grown and armed. 5. I think that Hesiod intentionally has Aphrodite is born from the genitals of Uranus because she is the Goddess of Love and has a lot of erotic symbolism associated with her. Meanwhile Hesiod again intentionally has Athena born from the head of Zeus because of the intellectual symbolism associated with her....