GRS 381 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Erinyes, Eileithyia, Anthropomorphism
21 Oct 2016
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Anthropomorphic divinities = human shaped (anthros = human + morphe = form/shaped) Anthropomorphism -> human-shaped and with human personalities and traits (they liked drinking, sex, going to parties/banquets. Theseus -> worshiped by athenians: hero worshipped at his tomb: no altar, hero(cid:859)s sa(cid:374)(cid:272)tuary = hero (cid:374) -> situated only in one place. Gods ((cid:858)atha(cid:374)atol(cid:859) = deathless o(cid:374)e (i(cid:373)(cid:373)ortal), ate ambrosia and drank nectar, ichor (golden fluid in veins) Men (thneto -> mortal & will eventually die), blood in our veins. Asclepius (god of medicine) and hercules (god of youth) where the only mortal heroes who became gods (apotheosis -> to become a god) Sacred space = hieron, to cut off -> temnein. Ight of asylia (cid:858)(cid:374)ot to (cid:271)e stole(cid:374)(cid:859), asylu(cid:373) = u(cid:374)der the prote(cid:272)tio(cid:374) of the gods. Alter every sanctuary had to have one, or else it did not really have the right to be called a sanctuary: these alters were usually placed outside the sanctuary.
