CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Homeric Hymns, Metanira, Adjuncts
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Naturally, ancient thought attributed birth and renewel implicit in plant and animal life to a female because of gaia. Po(cid:449)ers of fertilit(cid:455) are spread a(cid:373)o(cid:374)gst se(cid:448)eral goddesses (cid:894)aphrodite"s is se(cid:454), arte(cid:373)is" is that of animals) all of these belong to the great mother archetype, to whom is attributed creation. Oversees the fruitfulness of agriculture and particularly that of wheat (cid:862)-(cid:373)eter(cid:863) is fro(cid:373) (cid:373)other, though the de- eludes explanation, though it is related to her famous cult (special name is deo, in homeric hymn to demeter) Particularly strong cult where wheat was produced, particularly in sicily. So too was demeter important at a town in athens, eleusis that eventually became part of. Athens: great amount of wheat was produced in it. Hymn begins with a scene we have seen before, where persephone is flower-picking (danger: (cid:862) she a(cid:374)d her frie(cid:374)ds, the full- .
