CLA 2323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hermaphroditus, Odysseus, Anchises
29 Jun 2018
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The 12 Olympian Gods:
King of the Gods - father or brother
a.
His sister is Demeter
b.
His wife and sister is hera - their children - Hephaestus and
c.
Other children - Apollo and Artemis and Athena
d.
is the God of justice
e.
p47-49, p68-82
f.
Hades is the brother
g.
Persephone is the niece of Zeus
h.
Hades married Persephone
i.
Family business where he delegates duties to the members
j.
Does not have intercourse with his divine children
k.
Kronos ingested all his children
i.
Titans - ancient gods who were too violent
ii.
Beginning of social reform and justice - rules and laws develop
1)
Laws of physics, movement of stars
2)
When Zeus takes over from Kronos
iii.
Takes over from the old generation of gods(titanes - titans) - his violent father -
Kronos/ Cronos
l.
God of protection of the week
m.
Enforcing the truth of your testimony
i.
Zeus Horkios - enforcer of oaths
n.
Zeus Xenios - protector of strangers
o.
Keeps society fair and just
p.
Zeus protects them
i.
Supplicant - asks and begs for something earnestly or humbly
q.
Zeus would throw a thunderbolt
r.
P93
i.
Human
1)
Asks the father to drive the sun chariot
2)
Sun comes too close to the earth because of it
3)
To stop it from coming too close to earth Zeus threw the thunderbolt and
killed phaethon
4)
Phaethon - son of the sun god - haelios
ii.
The best doctor ever
1)
Could bring dead man back to life
2)
Zeus thinks it crossed the laws of life
3)
Killed him with the thunderbolt
4)
Somethings people aren't supposed to do
5)
Asklepios/Asclepios - first human doctor
iii.
Warrior
1)
Fights with the Trojans in the Trojan War
2)
One pan shows that his son will die
3)
Zeus contemplates on interfering to prevent the death
4)
But he abides by the law of the universe
5)
Sarpedon - Son of Zeus -
iv.
He defends the social order in human stories in Greek Mythology
s.
It is famous valley
1)
Sports competitions held in honour of Zeus
2)
Olympia - not Mt Olympus
i.
Had 2 sanctuaries
t.
Zeus
1.
Lecture 4
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
5:23 PM
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Held every 4 years
i)
1896 - took it to an international level to promote world
peace
ii)
The Olympic Games
a)
Sports competitions held in honour of Zeus
2)
Famous statue of him
3)
God of marriage and wives
a.
Name is pure greek - means 'The Lady'
b.
Believe that non-greek goddess of the eastern meditterean got fused with indo-
european
c.
Usually painted negatively in mythology
d.
Spoilt and jealous but good looking
e.
Major role: get angry at the girlfriends of Zeus
f.
His name means 'Glory of Hera'
i.
Persecuted the greatest hero - Heracles
g.
Imagined to be in the 40s
h.
Hera
2.
Brother of Zeus
a.
God of the sea
b.
Used brute power
i.
Has all of the Zeus's strengths but not zeus's ethics
c.
God of horses
d.
Earthquakes caused by underwater chaos
i.
God of earthquakes
e.
God of lakes and rivers
f.
Raw power
g.
Strong, brutal
h.
Indo-Europeans that invaded Greece had no experience with ocean
i.
Was only the god of rivers and sea, but when they saw the ocean he became
the god of the sea
ii.
Indo-European God
i.
Contest to see who would be the god of Athens
i.
Poseidon stabbed the trident into the acropolis that resulted in salt water
ii.
Athena won the hearts of the citizen by giving something around
iii.
Athena is the bridle. Poseidon is the horse.
iv.
Poseidon of the sea. Athena is the patron of shipbuilding.
v.
Poseidon cannot kill Odysseus because Athena helped him.
vi.
Poseidon and Athena interactions are all rivalry
j.
His symbol - trident
k.
and his daughters - Nereids(mermaids of the sea),
1)
Nereus
i.
Nereids
ii.
Proteus (old man of the sea),
iii.
Amphitrite (his wife who is a nereid - Pre-greek) and they have a son - triton
iv.
Triton (pre-Greek)
v.
Several water gods
l.
Poseidon
3.
Demeter
4.
God of music, poetry, prophecy, disease and medicine
a.
Shot arrows of disease to the greek camps
i.
Brought diseases to those whom he disliked
b.
Gentle arrows of Apollos - carried diseases like cancer
i.
Wooden arrows - normal arrows
ii.
Known by archery
c.
Apollo
5.
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Document Summary
Zeus a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j. k. l. King of the gods - father or brother. His wife and sister is hera - their children - hephaestus and. Other children - apollo and artemis and athena is the god of justice p47-49, p68-82. Family business where he delegates duties to the members. Does not have intercourse with his divine children. Takes over from the old generation of gods(titanes - titans) - his violent father - Titans - ancient gods who were too violent. Beginning of social reform and justice - rules and laws develop. Laws of physics, movement of stars m. n. Enforcing the truth of your testimony o. p. q. Supplicant - asks and begs for something earnestly or humbly i. He defends the social order in human stories in greek mythology i. ii. Phaethon - son of the sun god - haelios. Asks the father to drive the sun chariot.
