CLA 2323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Saronic Gulf, Gulf Of Corinth, Paiania
20 Feb 2016
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Comparisons of the myths of actaeon and tiresias: the looking taboo - unintended epiphany , a hunter who entered forbidden territory, he saw a goddess naked, she splashed water onto him, the punishments differ. Athena to tiresias: transform him into a stag, blinded him, his own hounds kill him, but after his mother begged her, athena gave him inner insight and a powerful staff. Niobe and arachne: hubris :bragging about a skill or a capability and. Reactions/punishments: artemis to niobe, athena to arachne, killed all her children, warning, her anger made arachne commit suicide, zeus transforms niobe into a crying rock, athena transforms her into a spider, a skillful creature. Clarity of mind, logic: sharp sighted, grey or owl eyed athena. Athena ergane: the hill of acropolis in athens, with the. The olive tree: life, agriculture and peace: they share the temple erechtheion on acropolis, the sacred hill of athena.
