Classical Studies 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Phidias, Ichor, Numinous

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2200
• Professor: Aara Suksi

Document Summary

Athene/athena: patron goddess of athens, goddess of wisdom, strategy and victory in war. Phidias: sculpture who designed the elgin martles. Zeus: king of the gods, led rebellion against his father cronos and the titans. Eaten by zeus due to: born from zeus(cid:495)s thigh. God of wine, intoxication, and emotional freedom: percieved experience of divine of sacred forces, acted out by honoring (cid:494)ta hiera(cid:495)/holy things. Ichor: clear liquid which the gods bleed. Poseidon: god of the sea and earthquakes. Born from a cloth containing (ephaestus(cid:495)s sperm landing on mother earth (the ground). Erechtheum: holds the competition gifts from athena and poseidon as well as the first statue of athena. Ambrosia and nectar: food that sustains the olympians perpetual youthfulness. Temple of artemis at ephesus: one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Other: dimension of reality to which the gods are bound. Profoundly different from the material realm to which humans are bound.