CHAPTER 3 IN THE BEGINNING: HESIOD`S THEOGONY MAIN
... 10. The Sumerian ziggurat, the Tower of Babel from the Hebrew Bible, Jacob’s dream ladder from the same book, and perhaps even the numinous mountains of Greece like Parnassus offered a place where (at least some) humans could rise to meet the gods as they descended to visit the earth. 11. Mesopotami ...
... 10. The Sumerian ziggurat, the Tower of Babel from the Hebrew Bible, Jacob’s dream ladder from the same book, and perhaps even the numinous mountains of Greece like Parnassus offered a place where (at least some) humans could rise to meet the gods as they descended to visit the earth. 11. Mesopotami ...
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... Tartarus is the lowest region of the world. According to the Greek poet Hesiod, a bronze anvil falling from heaven would take nine days and nights to reach earth, and an object would take the same amount of time to fall from earth into Tartarus. Tartarus is described as a dank, gloomy pit, surroun ...
... Tartarus is the lowest region of the world. According to the Greek poet Hesiod, a bronze anvil falling from heaven would take nine days and nights to reach earth, and an object would take the same amount of time to fall from earth into Tartarus. Tartarus is described as a dank, gloomy pit, surroun ...