CLA232H1 Lecture : Lecture#4-Odeipus the King
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2012-01-18: another difference between gods and humans is that we do not have the ability to predict the future. (gods have ways to find out about the future) In the theogany, there is a scene where prometheus tricked zeus is. Goes along with this deception by punishing men in the future (with the creation of women: reaffirmation between god and humans gods have knowledge; humans don"t. The limits of human knowledge: zeus and the gods are never in the form of humans, human knowledge is limited and it defines our existence. In antiquity, there are two religious means by which humans try to overcome their limits: prophecy, teiresias (example from the play, seer. Two examples of prophecies: holy spirit in apostles: cassandra, some of these seers were thought to have intimacy with gods (aka. She was a trojan princess whom apollo fell in love with. He offered her prophecy and when she refused to have sex with him.
