Secrets in the mountain. The marks of proximity: love, inspiration, and true word

Abstract

The aim of the article is to analyze the transference relationship that is established between Zeus and his daughters the Muses, and at the same time how they , as legitimate heirs of the Father, transpose their voice to the poet. We will travel this way through the revision of the Theogony’s Proem looking for the lexical marks that define the characters addressed. These fields are articulated in turn with the function that song, poetry, memory and forgetfulness fulfil in ancient Greek society and that account for a historical time to which the poem is rooted. We will conclude then, with the review of the different types of authority that are reflected in the verses of the poet.