Classical Studies 2800A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Procrustes, Narcissism, Shapeshifting
6 Dec 2017
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Em: pertaining to mount olympus (home of the gods) Now: someone who performs at the olympics. Used to mean: the uncles and aunts of the olympian gods that were kicked out of power (titans) and sent into the abyss. Titan that was made to hold the sky on his shoulder. He was punished because he was the leader of the war against the olympians (younger generation) The sky at that point was seen as a sphere, so it looks like he is holding a globe. Now: a book of maps of the world, because atlas was always on the cover of it. Now: some goal or career that you want that you will never get. Now (also): an organism made of different animals, has mixed dna. Used to be: lion + goat + snake (sometimes 3 headed) (cid:498)chasing after a chimera(cid:499) (cid:523)the creature doesn"t exist) A goddess sends him (cid:883)(cid:884) tasks and he completes them all (cid:523)he wasn"t a god(cid:524)
