CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sarpedon, Odysseus, The Burning Wheel
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Cosmic order: the world is made up of opposites but there is room for compromise. Ex. olympus vs. tartarus (olympus is mostly on top, but then when olympians make oaths by styx [the river. Owing into tartarus], they get a horrible punishment-> olympians aren"t always on top) Ex. father vs. son (father is on top, but sometimes sons plot and overthrow their fathers) Ex. zeus and hera (husband vs. wife, men vs. women, strength vs. cunning) These are the two major gods in the underworld. The underworld gods are very separated from the olympians. They often show up in stories when people die. >gods don"t cause death; gods like thanatos and hypnos just respond to humans when they die. Sarpedon, zeus" son, dies at troy-> the picture depicts him being carried away by thanatos and hypnos, with hermes leading the way.
