CLAS 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hieros Gamos, Cronus, Ateas

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 2000
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

The first sacred marriage, uranus oppressed the earth, and prevented his children from coming into the light. Uranus was castrated, and his severed genitals fell into the sea, and the blood and water produced aphrodite. The war if the 12 olympians vs the titans: titanomachy. Metis (a titaness who aided) gave cronus a potion who caused him to throw up his children. Zeus married metis, and metis eventually becomes pregnant. Zeus becomes confronted with the fear of his children overthrowing him. Like his fathers before him, he decides to advert the birth of his child and swallows metis whole. Zeus starts to have a terrible headache, so hephaestus splits his head, and comes from his head. Athe(cid:374)a"s (cid:271)irth represe(cid:374)ts the (cid:373)is-represe(cid:374)ted greek"s ideas of reproduction. From the head of a god, she is the embodiment of wisdom. Born from a man, so she represents the affectionate and special bond between father and daughter. Never conquered, in battle or in love.