GRST 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Panathenaic Games, Sacred Prostitution, Priapus

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRST 209
• Professor: Amber Porter

Document Summary

Ho(cid:373)er & hesiod, ares is k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) as (cid:862)(cid:272)urse of (cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:863: greek thinks the color of black as anger, ares is o(cid:374)e of aphrodite"s lo(cid:448)ers a(cid:374)d ha(cid:448)e a (cid:272)hild together (cid:374)a(cid:373)ed. Eros, a young man (early teens) that has arrows that can make people fall in love or hate/avoid/dislike, a god of love: iconography. Snake, connected to the underworld, ares put people into the underworld. Hermes guides souls to the underworld, hermes wears a short dress & a hat meant for travelers & a staff (caduceus) meant for travelers: argus becomes hermes guard and then hermes slays him because. Staff (cadueceus) to mark himself out as unparticular (cid:271)usi(cid:374)ess, so(cid:373)eti(cid:373)es you"ll see (cid:1006) s(cid:374)akes i(cid:374)tert(cid:449)i(cid:374)i(cid:374)g do(cid:449)(cid:374) the staff. Hat (traveler hat), he will always be wearing it. Tortoise (cid:894)(cid:373)akes turtle i(cid:374)to a liar, her(cid:373)es" first i(cid:374)(cid:448)e(cid:374)tio(cid:374)(cid:895) Corinth (known for prostitution: in some of her temples, the priestess did sacred prostitution (religion is different at this time, sex was viewed differently compared to.