Motif
declining world ages and worsening evil
declining_world_ages_and_worsening_evil
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family, within the sub-family World Ages and Historical Cycles. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
greek
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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica ENDNOTES / PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 452-529 confidence: high
The Works and Days is summarized as including the two Strifes, Pandora, the Five Ages, the Hawk and Nightingale, Righteousness, punishment from Heaven, and precepts on industry and conduct.
The Five Ages of the World are described as tracing a gradual increase in evil and the miserable present condition.
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