CLASSICS 2B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Salmacis, Hermaphroditus, Bodrum
3 Dec 2014
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Born at dawn, at mid-day already he played . Cross between earth and underworld not even zeus can do it. Messenger god between god or god to mortals. Guide: guide of souls (psychopompus) guider of spirits. Cyllenian: not from the east, native to greece. Talaria: traveler"s hat, winged sandles, so does iris hera"s messenger. Caduceus: messenger"s wand, with 2 snakes entwined, tiresias 2 snakes and turn into woman. Hermes as fertility god (father of priapus?: pastoral aspect. Hermes as god of boundaries and crossroads (transitions) Related to prometheus: hermes first to create fire sticks , teaches fire technology to humans, prometheus is a titan and hermes is slowly replacing him. Saw a turtle after he was born, and he slayed it into pieces and turned it into a lyre. Saw apollo"s cattle and turned it backward. Peace offering gave apollo back his cattle and the lyre he made from the turtle.
