CLASS 2604 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Gorgon, Platypus, Dead Sea
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Cyclopes: became zeus" weaponers, 100 handers so powerful. Referred to as typhaeus or typho (n) He buries typhaeaus under a mountain and the greeks weren"t certain which one it was. Still a threat even though he was buried: origin of blind, unseen wind according to hesiod, is typhlos, from typhaeus. These blind winds are what knocks people off boats when lost at sea: zeus needs to get styx to join him without using force. Cronus, then she tried to overthrow zeus by mating with tartarus: this is one of the only times when you see zeus use force to put gaea in her place. Takes care of future threat from gaea. Now gaea will help zeus whenever there is a big change. Big changes take place in homeric hymns. If she has son, he will overthrow zeus as zeus overthrew cronus: first wife metis gives zeus claim to ocean. Son would overthrow zeus because he"d have double the intelligence.
