CLAS 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Hieros Gamos, Umbilical Cord, Anthropomorphism

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

Document Summary

Atop mount olympus, the base zeus took with his siblings: aphrodite, apollo, ares, artemis, athena, demeter, dionysus, hephaestus, hera, hermes, poseidon, zeus. *hesia later all given roman names when rome takes over. *did not reside on mount olympus hieros gamos sacred union. Zeus"s name means something like bright" di divine links zeus to protoeuropean male sky gods. Hera borrows aphrodite"s girdle wearing it, gains power over zeus using her sexuality. Zeus" weakness suscepibility to his own lust can be manipulated. Zeus disguises himself into iny coocoo bird, approaches hera. Then turns himself into eagle, seizing hera and taking her by force as his wife. Hera joins conspiracy to overthrow zeus temporarily over power him, but he is released by the hundred- handers. Hera punished by zeus suspended of mount olympus in golden chains. Promised from then on that she would never meddle in his afairs.