CLAS-C - Classical Studies CLAS-C 205 Lecture 4: C-205 Zeus, Poseidon, Hades
28 Feb 2017
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On the children of the titan cronus(=kronos) with his sister rhea, see p 88 for an excerpt from hesiod, theogony 453-67. Hades, the mighty, implacable, dwelling under the earth [chth n] in darkness. Zeus, the wiliest schemer, father of gods and men/males whose thunder shatters the earth. Etymology (h)aid s, the unseen one; the invisible [not attested in linear b "] Gems, minerals, metals (realm of) the dead. [generalizations about first generation olympian males] cornucopia (=horn of plenty, particularly with fruits and vegetables), gourds magic hat/helmet (to turn invisible) from the cyclopes) significant other. Poseidon: unclear whether it is greek or en indo-european. Amphitrite, a nereid (daughter of nereus, old man of the sea [pontus and. Isthmia (whence isthmian games :near corinth on isthmus) >references by mycenaeans at pylos (linear b) and aegae (iliad 13) Mycale (ionia, w. asia minor [between ephesus and miletus] Arion the horse (w/demeter as mare)-etiology of horse-headed statue of.
