CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Cocytus, Musical Instrument, Petasos
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Thieve, travelers, one who leads the soul of the dead to hades. The slayer of argos (hundreds of eyes monster who guarded a woman) He can fly over the waters: winged sandals, winged cap, tortoise, staff. Wave of the staff can make people fall asleep, what he did to giant argos. Broad hat (petasos) and staff: the caduceus. The name hermes: a pile of rocks customary in ancient greece to set up piles of rocks. Let calypso know that odysseus must be allowed to leave as markers to set a boundary, e. g. : outside of the house. Typically, in ancient times wanderers simply to mark the places they have been would use pile of rocks there so the next wanderer would probably add to it. Wants to show that in he had been to this significant place. 16th bc: the sto(cid:374)e (cid:272)a(cid:373)e to (cid:271)e for(cid:373)alizes i(cid:374)to arts as (cid:862)her(cid:373)(cid:863)
