CLAS 2000 Lecture 4: Zeus and the Olympians-Jan, 18

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

Document Summary

Zeus and the olympians (cid:862))eus(cid:863) (cid:894)the (cid:396)oot of the (cid:374)a(cid:373)e (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s b(cid:396)ight(cid:895) 4 learning objectives: lear(cid:374) the details of zeus" rise to po(cid:449)er a(cid:374)d the (cid:373)yths of the tita(cid:374)o(cid:373)a(cid:272)hy, giga(cid:374)to(cid:373)a(cid:272)hy, a(cid:374)d. Zeus has already been discussed previously, he just repeats his origin story in this lecture (cid:862)origi(cid:374) of mortals(cid:863) Zeus is not responsible for making man, there is no direct connection between zeus and man, not particularly good relationship. Athena (goddess of wisdom) places intellect and rational thinking into man. )eus (cid:449)akes a(cid:374)d sees fi(cid:396)e i(cid:374) (cid:373)a(cid:374)"s domain and zeus is piiiiiiiiiiissed. Aaaand how he resents man, so decides to punish both. Prometheus is chained to unbreakable chains, trapped in cave, to be visited on daily basis by some large bird and it would peck liver from his body, and leave until it grew back. )eus figu(cid:396)ed p(cid:396)o(cid:373)etheus had (cid:271)ee(cid:374) pu(cid:374)ished a(cid:374)d de(cid:272)ides to settle upo(cid:374) pu(cid:374)ish(cid:373)e(cid:374)t fo(cid:396) (cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:449)o(cid:373)a(cid:374) is created.