GRST 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Onchocerciasis, Conifer Cone, Thyrsus

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRST 209
• Professor: James Hume

Document Summary

Fill in the blank family tree questions on midterm. "i am loud-crying dionysus, whom my mother, semele, daughter of cadmus, bore after uniting in love with zeus" (this would be a good family tree question) Semele is daughter of cadmus result in a hero. Though she was a mortal princess, she screwed a god which would normally. Hera disguises herself as an old woman and she convinces semele that zeus might be a monster. That night she asks him if she can see him "as he is" because they only screw in the night. Because he made a promise to grant her any wish she asks for he can"t refuse to show her his true form. Showing his true form to a human can be destructive so even though it will end poorly he has no choice. "the lightning bolt flew from the hand of zeus and she brought the child forth prematurely.