Classical Studies 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cronus, Theogony, Ceramic Art

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

Document Summary

The divine dynastic succession= 1st to 4th generation 1st being earth and sky and. Cronus married rhea (his sister), had zeus and other brothers and sisters, cronus swallows a stone that rhea gives him and tells him it is zeus. When zeus has his kids, he swallowed metis because it was told that she would have a baby that would take him over. Lapetos (a titan) and clymene (a titan"s daughter) have 4 sons (lapetids) All offend zeus and are punished by him. Their fates illustrate that it is not possible to overthrow the might and power of zeus. Prometheus" name means forethought" (*just as metis means wisdom"*) 1st offence= the division of the sacri cial meat at mecone. Sacri ced an ox and now he is offering the parts of it to zeus and 2 mortals. Prometheus arranged the bones in a deceptive craft, hiding them, with gleaming fat.