El poder en Hesíodo. Estudio léxico y semántico

Abstract

In the poems of Hesiod (who partly continues, partly amplifies Homer), the concept of “power” is rooted in the world of the gods. Sometimes, Zeus appears accompanied by the Titans, and other gods holding a triumphant power. Other times, certain powers are holded by sort of specialized divinities, as those of love or word. These erotic and song divinities are bound to Zeus in some way. Almost all power at human level is understood as from divine origin. And all human inferiority or defeat stems from the superiority of these divine strenghts, even when they may be sometimes implanted among humans. But next to the cases when human powers – specially of certain heros and kings – arise from the gods, there are other when the definition of divine power – to sum up, their very essence, specially that of Zeus – are used also to define the power of men.