Classical Studies 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cyclops, Tyrant, Lightning
5 Nov 2018
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Compared to hesiod, it exempli es the exibility of myth. New context of performance, new genre, different audience. Zeus as a new, harsh and vulnerable tyrant, not aware of possible fate. Prometheus as heroic champion of humans and has special knowledge. Pandora erased, but io (mortal) and thetis (divine) introduced. Continuing preoccupation with the risks of marriage and offspring (thetis) Validation of zeus" role as progenitor of heroes, and paradox of female virtue (io was innocent and caste, but destined for motherhood) Anthropomorphic: look like human bodies, immortal and considered perfect looking . Not subject to old age or death > but they are born and come of age. They live in a social community that re ects the human culture that created them (patriarchal, aristocratic, family centred) Not eternal > they changed, grew up (versus being always there and never changed) Sky was zeus" grandfather and therefor, he is connected to weather (lightning bold made by cyclopes, under.
