CLASSICS 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Anchises, Cinyras, Human Sexuality
12 Jan 2016
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Classics 2d03 aphrodite/venus and eros lecture 5. She"s not just a goddess of human affairs. Three olympians she cannot snare artemis, hestia, athena virgin goddesses so aphrodite has no influence on them. Even has some power over zeus hera took advantage of this and used. Story of coming up from the water, when urnos was castrated by cronos and. Older than zeus, about the same age as titans. Castration of ouranos by cronos ourania. Arrives there from the sea like a sailor or migrant. South of turkey, conquered by many different civilizations, hub of trade. Aphrodite is an eastern goddess who arrives in greece. Eastern goddess innana, ishtar babylon goddess of fertility. Aphrodite pahia names deal with her geographic origin. Older than zeus, but greeks didn"t bother to replace one. Raw human sexuality, concerned with procreation than elemental attraction in all things. Beauty, love and marriage marriage was designed for procreation. Magic girdle irresistible and objectify this with girdle.
