CLA204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Visual Literacy, Phidias, Odysseus
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Will be talking about the olympians (gods who reside on mt. One feature of a god, is its not us. Brotos:o some poets used this word to describe us: we have blood and guts (insides, however, It is what is inside of the gods. They wear a venire of anthropomorphism: they can do the same physical functions of humans, however, the venire can be dropped. Only when a human says to the god let me see you in your true form . We can see the complex nature of the gods. Oldest dates back to 7th c bc. The bigger ones are consisting of 3 parts: invocation, praise, biography. Greek culture is poly|the|istic: the worship of many gods. Zeus guest and host relationship: he is the sky father, he is the father of justice etc. Gods also have epithet: means foot on , the title that is attached to a god, ex: hera ox-ide.
