CLAA06H3 Lecture Notes - Bridle, Rhadamanthus, Homeric Hymns
18 Apr 2013
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Athena, parthenos - creates clothing, defends cities, creates ships, the bridle, pottery. Arachne, maiden that was skillful at weaving. Boasted that she"s better than athena herself (hubris) Athena disguised herself as an old woman (minerva) and tried to teach arachne how to weave a different way. Athena made tapestry about herself, arachne made tapestry about love affairs of gods and humans. Arachne"s was favored by people who were watching, angered athena. Earth opens in front of persephone while she"s playing, hades takes her to underworld. Demeter looks for her daughter all over the world. Asks persophone if she ate anything in the underworld. Ate pomegranate (type of apple), therefore she can"t fully come back to demeter. Final decision of zeus: 1/3 in underworld, 2/3 on earth. Demeter and persephone have a cult at eleusis in attica (eleusinian mysteries) Mysteries are rituals in which participants reenact the myth. New and foreign god, coming from the east.
