CLA308H1 Lecture : CLA 308 - Lecture 2
Document Summary
Looking at literary sources, gods come out with definitive personalities, characteristics. However, greek literature doesn"t quite reflect all (the entire picture of what people thought of them, how they act toward them, etc. ) If you think you encountered an event caused/influenced by the supernatural, you wouldn"t even know which god. So do you ignore the variations (i. e. , various aspects) and just get to the core (i. e. , one, dominant aspect) or take it seriously and try to find origins, etc. (theory of god: bremmer vs graft. Different names/epithets with different rituals and temples, etc: does that mean they are different gods, e. g. , aphrodite ourania vs aphrodite pandemos. If they are separate, what makes them apollo? (that is, why are they both called apollo) Erathosthenes myth a way to show athena as a mother figure without compromising her virginity (father is hephaestus?) Etymology of the name can help with determining core of god (jupiter, zeus pater, dies.