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Why is lineage (parents/children) so important a theme in ancient Greek mythology, and what might this tell us about the audience of these myths? Please explain ways in which this theme is important in these stories (Theogony, Homeric Hymns, Iliad, Odyssey), and how it is treated in them. Does lineage function in the same ways for gods and mortals? Please support your explanation with 2 quotes from of 2 these texts: Theogony, Homeric Hymns, Iliad, Odyssey.

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