CLST 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lightning, Typhon, Theogony
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Succession myth: how zeus succeeds to the throne of the gods. Titanomachy: battle of the titans (against zeus) (i. 620) Ambrosia: (cid:862)not mortal(cid:863) hence the non-mortal food of the god (i. 645) The battle of cronos and titans vs. zeus and the olympian gods. After zeus freed his brothers and sisters from cronos, zeus has the help of the hectonchires, who threw rocks at the titans, cyclopes developed lightning bolts for zeus, and started the battle called the titanomachy. Themis and prometheus were the only titans which fought for zeus. When the war ended with the victory of the olympians, all opposition were jailed in tartarus, guarded by hectonchires, and cereberus. Zeus, poseidon and hades drew straws to divide the universe; zeus won and became the king of the sky, poseidon became the king of the sea, and hades became the king of the underworld.
