RE103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sea Foam, Cronus, Anchises
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Universal gods called olympians who lived in olympus (aphrodite being one of them) Zeus (god of sky) is the head god with poseidon (god of ocean) and hades (god of underworld) Killed their father cronus (head titan) to become head gods, had a bad habit of eating his children. Zeus" mother hid him away so he could eventually kill him. Other olympians are either children of cronus or children of cronus" children. Underlying sibling rivalry in some greek myths. Gods that are universal and ones that are local. Some stories: daughter of zeus, some say she"s daughter of uranus. Birth: cronus cut off ouranos" penis, threw it out in the sea and out of the sea foam, she was born. Song, praise to aphrodite, sexuality, love and lust. Praising the power of love that she has, that zeus usurps rather than praising the goodness of her. Power is so strong that even aphrodite can fall in love with a mortal.
