CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Seashell, Cinyras, Myrrh
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Cla204h1 lecture 09 aphrodite (roman venus) Nb athena: main goddess of athenians, opposes aphrodite, ares + poseidon. They come to greece from foreign lands. Athena transforms some powers of those gods + goddess. Ex: ares, god of war; athena, goddess of strategy. Aphrodite: eastern goddess, similar to important goddess in babylonian + assyrian traditions. As for the genitals, slashed away by the sickle of steel, Their impetus carried them out from shore to the tide of the sea. For years the waters swirled them about, as white foam kept oozing. Who drifted first to holy cythera, then on to cyprus. Places of worship: cyther + cyprus (farther east) Theogony reflects important places of worship for goddess. Presence of eros (sometimes represented as her son) + One of the horae (season) / one of the graces: woman on shore, waiting to clothe aphrodite. Depiction of winds (left side) moving aphrodite to shore of.