CLAS 203 Lecture 10: CLAS 203 - Lecture 10 - Zeus, Hera and Poseidon
1 Nov 2015
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Clas203 lecture 10 the olympians: zeus, hera and poseidon. Originally 6, but 2 are not important enough to become part of the top 12 olympians. Total 12 olympians composed of 4 elder olympians, plus the children of zeus. *di = sky/shine (germanic: tie = tuesday), (indic: dyaus pitar = father sky), (jove as. Epithets (different ways of referring to the gods) >cloud gatherer/cloud gathering zeus associated with mountain tops (birth and weather. >aegis-bearing his nurse, the nanny goat amalthea: when she dies, he keeps and wears it around his shoulders = his symbol, is passed onto athena in by story) her skin (in iliad) justice. Ida"s (one in crete, and one in troy) Associated with high mountain tops where clouds gather (his sacred areas) >want to sacrifice the largest and most impressive that you possess. >boldest, biggest animal to the king of gods. >if you really wanted to impress the gods, sacrifice a hecaton of bulls/100 bulls.
