CLA232H1 Lecture : CLA232 Lecture 3
Document Summary
There are lots of myths about mortals who were so exquisite they could rival gods. Arachne weaver who challenged athena and was turned into a spider. They are athanatoi (immortal) humans: thnatoi (mortal) Fell in love with a human tithonus . Asked zeus for a favour to give him eternal life. But she forgot to ask for eternal youth. Eventually he gets so old he becomes a dried out little voice. Gods have human emotions and desires and are often invested in human affairs but they do not suffer from them. Ex: sarpedon son of zeus and a human woman. Zeus and the gods are watching a great battle and sarpedon is about to be killed. Zeus wants to save him but hera says if you do, we will all save our favourites. He does not save sarpedon but he"s deeply saddened by his death.
