CLAS 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Anthropomorphism, Ichor, Maenad

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

Document Summary

Zeus a(cid:374)d the oly(cid:373)pia(cid:374)s co(cid:374)ti(cid:374)ued the nature of the gods. Europa: abducted by zeus in form of a bull. Callista: fell victim to zeus when he transformed into artemis. Ganymede: turned himself into gigantic eagle (zeus did) swopped down to earth and flew away with a young boy in his talons, to turn the boy into his romantic companion. Zeus having abducted ganymede gave the son"s father a gift of horses in exchange for his son and. This abduction fit into greco-macedonian pederasty: normal behaviour for older men to have relations with a younger one. This was vital to transition of cultural ideas. This relationship between zeus and the boy was v important, had a couple of facets to it: The older man was responsible the rearing and education of the boy (into adult society) This was exacted by exchange of gifts (erastes means the old man and eromenos is the younger one)