CLASSIC 45A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mount Olympus, Omnipotence
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He isn"t like others: has a position aside from the pantheon. Nurture other birds, don"t mix w other birds. Athena seems to be fav child of zeus sharing some of things zeus has. Mytikas means nose and is highest part of face also highest part of mountain. Athena and zeus share the aegis and oliver tree. Some pics zeus is pictured w just thunderbolt. Thunderbolt kills and is a punitive tool. By looking at zeus, u see he is punitive cus always pictured w thunderbolt. Immoral means u have sense what morals r, but go against them. Did zeus see himself above exempt from the rules (amoral) or is he violating them cus he can. Violates rules but is wrathful god of justice. Because he governs the areas he does, he knows the importance of rules but still violates them. Prometheus makes us ask r u being punished too much for the crime.