CLA204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Semonides Of Amorgos, Beast Fable, Pythian Games
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Etiological *** the study of causes or origins. Humans have a places in his myth. Work is something people have to do and he gives reasons for it. He took zeus side in titanomacy. (war between the titans and the olympians: he was in prison with the rest of the titans, his name means forethinker, he is known to be a trickster and he is clever. He taught them many things: he is a culture bearer. 521-525 *: he knows about prophecy, he tells zeus about the prophecy. Instead thetis (nereid) + peleus (mortal) = achilles (hero: zeus is safe. He is still in power: the wedding of thetis and peleus is a big deal. All gods attend this wedding: lapetus father of prometheus and epimetheus, cronus father of zeus. Bones wrapped up in fat and meat wrapped up in empty stomach at the feast. He punishes the human who are prometheus favourite by taking fire away.
