CLA 2323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Priapus, Weighing Scale, Apella
27 May 2018
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The Twelve Olympian Gods (pg. 69 table – Buxton)
Zeus (pg. 68 – 70) – in his 40s
- King of the Gods
- God of the Sky
- Father or brother of all the important Gods
- God who brought rain
- Greece often praying for rain
- Young Zeus (pg. 47 – 49)
- He put a baby in his thigh, and had the baby?
- Also Athena was born out of Zeus?
- Enforcer of oaths (in a court room)
o Horkios
- Protector of strangers
o Xenios
o Supplication (suppliant/supplicant) pg. 69
▪ Person who needs help
- God of weather
o Rain
o Sun
o Thunderbolts
- 3 examples where Zeus is defending the social order:
o pg. 96 Phaethon
▪ son of the sun God
▪ dad a I drie the sushie?
▪ Zeus killed Phaethon with a thunderbolt bc he apparently drove the sun
too close to the earth?
o Pg. 91 Asklepios/Asklepius
▪ First human doctor
▪ He was so good at his job, he could bring a dead man back to life
o Pg. 70 “arpēdo
▪ Son of Zeus
▪ Trojan war
▪ Fighting on side of Trojans
▪ Zeus brings out a balance scale
• Fate of “arpēdo
o Heavier
o That’s ad
o )eus kos he’s aout to die
o should I sae “arpēdo? to Hera
▪ ah he’s goig to die ayays
o Zeus watches as his son died
▪ He cried
• He better be crying
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Hēra - in her 40s
- )eus’s sister
- Also wife
- Patron of marriage and wives
- Pure Greek name (meaning the lady)
- Important temples: Argos, and Samos – also Olympia
- Greek god is more important in real life than in the mythology
- Rich, spoiled, good looking, jealous wife
- Agry at )eus’s girlfrieds
o Cause hy does he hae girlfrieds he he’s arried
- Heracles
o Perseuted y Hēra ee though his ae oes fro hers
Poseidon
- )eus’s rother
- God of the sea
- God of horses
- God of earthquakes
- God of lakes and running water
- Important God
- Myth shows him as brute power
- If you ere stuk i a stor, you’d pray to Poseido
- Trident
- Nereus
- Nereids – wife of Poseidon
o They have a son named Triton
- Proteus – old man of the sea
Demeter
- )eus’s sister
- Hades’ sister
Apollo – age 17 - 20
- )eus’s hild
- Music/Poetry
- Medicine
- Disease – ipreatory: do’t har
- Prophecy
- Transition to manhood
- Male beauty
- Had a bow and arrow
o The getle arros – cancer
o Wooden arrows
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Document Summary
Father or brother of all the important gods. Enforcer of oaths (in a court room: horkios. Protector of strangers: xenios, supplication (suppliant/supplicant) pg. God of weather: rain, sun, thunderbolts. 3 examples where zeus is defending the social order: pg. 96 phaethon: son of the sun god, (cid:862)dad (cid:272)a(cid:374) i dri(cid:448)e the su(cid:374)shi(cid:374)e? (cid:863, zeus killed phaethon with a thunderbolt bc he apparently drove the sun too close to the earth, pg. 91 asklepios/asklepius: first human doctor, he was so good at his job, he could bring a dead man back to life, pg. Greek god is more important in real life than in the mythology. Important temples: argos, and samos also olympia: cause (cid:449)hy does he ha(cid:448)e girlfrie(cid:374)ds (cid:449)he(cid:374) he"s (cid:373)arried. Heracles: perse(cid:272)uted (cid:271)y h ra (cid:894)e(cid:448)e(cid:374) though his (cid:374)a(cid:373)e (cid:272)o(cid:373)es fro(cid:373) hers(cid:895) If you (cid:449)ere stu(cid:272)k i(cid:374) a stor(cid:373), you"d pray to poseido(cid:374: they have a son named triton. Proteus old man of the sea.
