GRS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Homeric Hymns, Aeschylus, Anchises

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRS 200
• Professor: Bowman Laurel

Document Summary

Tells the story of the end of heroes. Aphrodite is able to have power over the other goddesses, gods and ultimately zeus because she can force him to mate with mortals. Zeus, in realizing this, forces her to feel the same desire she puts unto the other gods and goddesses and makes her mate with mortals. Relationship with mortals make the mortals more powerful, which the gods and goddesses hated. Aphrodite becomes more powerful as zeus is weak for love. The way he can be influenced by beauty and love does not reinforce his power. The homeric hymn to aphrodite tells how zeus put into the heart of aphrodite a desire for mortal. It was an opportunity for mothers to see their daughters. Associates the fertility of the field with the sacrifice of victims. Demeter summons the men of the town and tells them how to build a temple for her.