CLAS 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Nicomachean Ethics, Etiology, Intangibility
15 Dec 2019
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Clas203 # 5: nature and monotheism of zeus. Myths: variant narratives on creation of mortals: prometheus, pandora, 5 ages of man, the flood. Motifs: cross-cultural storytelling patterns in creation stories, etiology of religious ritual. Today"s class: know that variation come in the tale of zeus and prometheus" theft of fire. Motifs: the nature of the gods, the justice of zeus. Symbolism of zeus: there are different variations with zeus and prometheus" theft of fire, quote from aristotle in nichomachean ethics 6. 2. 4: this only denied to god: the power to undo the past . Thinking about gods in antiquity, we see that gods are not omniscient creatures as they do have faults as well and they have extremes of our personality in them. One of them is aphrodite (zeus will blame her for many of his affairs as he will fall for her desires and tricks)
