CLA232H1 Lecture : Lecture#3-Men, Gods, Beasts
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In relation to the gods, greek men are inferior: motals are always inferior to gods, achilles who fought against monsters, arachne rivaled athena (goddess of craft) and entered the competition for weaving beautiful tapestries. Aracne into a spider b/c she was jealous of arachne: humans can rival gods but as athena shows, gods always prevail and comes up on top. In all the things that limit us, hardships and sufferings. The god wer uniquely good for thinking about humanity b/c they were similar and different than humans. (these are the differences between god and humans: gods don"t have blood. Gods don"t eat normal human food: god are all powerful and immortal. Power over their particular realm (aphrodite goddess of love/desire. Athena-weaver/craft goddess, poseidon (god of sea), aries (god of war: gods have absolutely power over a certain element and over humans. Tithonus, snatched him up to be her bf.
