CLA204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Five Ws, Chryselephantine Sculpture, Cup-Bearer
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The greek accounts explain where greeks come from; don"t explain where people of other races comes from. 1st 5 olympians are children of cronus and rhea: hestia, hera, demeter, poseidon, (hades is there child but not an olympian), and zeus. From the genitals of uranus (or child of zeus and dione) = aphrodite. Other 6 olympians are children of zeus (+hera) : apollo, artemis, *athena, All except hades live on mount olympus and therefore not an official olympian god. Mount olympus- tallest mountain in greece is significant because the clouds gathered there before a storm. Birth stories of the olympian gods are important. Apollo and artemis are twins- birth of twins was extraordinary. Asexual reproduction from a man or woman is problematic. Stories of birth is complex, extreme human emotions. Ideal representation of male gods was nude and females was clothed. 12 olympians will be on the final exam****
