Comparing Power In Theogony And Enuma Elish

Power is one of the most coveted forms of supremacy in “Theogony” and the “Enuma Elish”, which establish similar terms of divine hierarchical order by exalting a supreme ruler. Both poems tell us how important power was to the Gods and the subjects worshiping them. In these works the “rulers of the Gods”, Zeus and Marduk, earn and display dominant powers which are similar in many ways.
To gain power, you have to earn it. Which is what both Zeus and Marduk do as accounted for in “Theogony” and the “Enuma Elish.” The succession myths in both works are strong preoccupations that play a pivotal role in allotting power. In both cases, the text highlights the dilemmas of unkind fathers, vengeful mothers, and aspiring sons who obtain the power they seek.
In “Theogony” the succession myth starts with the superior deities, Ouranos and Gaia. Promptly, his own son, Cronos, making this the first instance of a shift in power, castrates Ouranos. After this, Cronos becomes paranoid that his son will overthrow him one day. Cronos was right to be paranoid because Zeus bested his father in the war of the Titans and Olympians. Because Zeus spearheaded this coup, this overthrow served as his primary

He divided up the universe to bring order from chaos. Hesiod writes, “He ordained Laws for the gods and assigned them their rights.” (74-75). By taking many wives, and lovers, Zeus asserts himself as the master of creation. To be father of the muses, the graces, and the fates holds immense responsibility in itself because they control so much of the universe with only their father to instruct them. The responsibilities Zeus creates for himself (his children) are a key contributor to his power. Being as the succession myth stopped when Zeus began fathering children justifies how the text exemplifies his almighty power to