Classical Studies 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Mircea Eliade, Homeric Hymns, Cup-Bearer
6 Jun 2016
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Mircea eliade, rites and symbols of initiation, p7: The term initiation in the most general sense denotes a body of rites and oral teachings whose purpose it to produce a decisive alteration in the religious and social status of the person to be initiated. In philosophical terms, initiation is equivalent to an ontological mutation of the existential condition. The novice emerges from his ordeal with a totally different being: he has become another. Olympian 1 and paiderastic initiation poseidon and pelops. Poiseidon invited by the father of pelops, takes pelops to zeus (intitating) oh this kid is taken to zeus for guidance. Homeric hymn to aphrodite: (zeus is counseling ganymede to live with the mortals and be the cupbearer of the gods he can have nectar from the mixing bowl) Ganymede"s father that ganymede would be god like and his dad got over it)
