CLA204H1 Lecture 4: Lecture Four - Jan 20
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Children of nereus: pontos (sea) begets nereus (old man of the sea, nereus bears fifty daughters (nereids), including thetis, his daughters are sea nymphs, thetis is the mother of achilles. Echidna: born to ceto (probably, half woman, half snake, mother of monsters including, cerberus (guard dog of the underworld, hydra, chimera, sphinx, nemean lion (killed by heracles) Increases livestock: nurse of the young, later associated with cross-roads and witchcraft, trivia, not as important in other myths, similar powers to gaia for hesiod. The rock came up first, which landed in. Zeus"s brothers and sisters were then thrown up in reverse order. So in a way zeus is both the youngest and oldest sibling, because when they were thrown up it was like they were reborn. Titanomachy: battle of the titans, zeus also frees his uncles, gaia"s and heavens children that kronos kept locked up, zeus frees the hecatonheires, he gives them ambrosia and nectar, and cyclopes.
