HIST 1051 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Grammatical Tense, Pragmaticism, Homeric Hymns
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What does her name mean according to hesiod: theogony: castration of ouranos (sky god) Ouranos" and gaia"s son kronos cuts off ouranos" genitals with his scythe and throws them in the ocean. Hesiod claims then that the gods were born in the sea. White foam (aphros) rushes over discarded parts, and. Floats through sea until steps onto island of cyprus: name. Aphrodite = born of foam (aphros also means jizz) Also called cyprogenes (cyprus origin) and philommedes (genital loving) Homeric: is part of the olympian family, hesiodic: is separate. Homeric: delicate, hesiodic: linked with asiatic counterparts who are battle goddesses. Hesiodic: transcendent, homeric: emphasize negative sides of her powers/limit sphere of influence to bedroom. Who is her husband: ares, hephaestus, hephaestus builds a trap to catch ares/aphrodite sleeping together in. What is the name of the child: trojan prince anchises, aeneas, warrior who led trojan war survivors to italy and preceded.
