CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture : Classics 1B03

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Classics
• Course: CLASSICS 1B03
• Professor: Peter Walley

Document Summary

Classics 1b03 - an introduction to ancient myth and literature! P. 1-2 in the course pack ! Mount olympus - didn"t age or die -> free from poverty, pain, happiness ! King of the gods + father of many of the gods/goddesses ! Lord of the earth = brothers, poseidon, hades made draws ! Sky god = weather cloud gatherer -> thunderbolt, aegis (breast-plate, with medusa on it) ! Ate metis = baby survived, hephaestus hits him, athena comes out! Wife and sister of zeus = queen of the gods ! Refused zeus -> out on a mountain in gre -> he changes himself = puts himself into her dress and he can"t do anything unless they marry -> he does so ! Heracles to be immortal (suck at hera"s breast) = milk spurts out, forms the milky way ! Messenger of the gods = male, ew through the air !