CLA 2323 Lecture 4: The Rise of Zeus and Anthropogony (May 14, 2015)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 2323
• Professor: Rajiv Bhola

Document Summary

Hyperion + theia, helios, selene, eos, selene (moon) (observes everything at night, some shepherds would take care of their own flock, endymion: someone selene fell in love with him, zeus makes the. Orion said he would force himself on the virgin god. Gives the reason why crickets make noises and chirp a lot: adamantine sickle: strongest known substance at a man time, gives. Blood drops from uranus"s castration go into gaia and gives birth to new beings. Erinyes (the furies) are in black outfits with wings and snakes coming from their head, women who punish humans from spilling the blood of ones own kin (mostly kin slayers) They also hunt down and haunt the transgressor and drive them to madness, although sometimes they inflict sickness or illness on any one trying to harbour the transgressor as well. Eumenides: the pacified furies (they decide not to kill orestes) ritual purified attendance or justifying actions.