CLAS 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Aeschylus, Eleutherae, Lucretius
26 Mar 2018
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Sometimes, this stuff about zeus we should not. Represents how language grew out of the area b. c. d. ii. Dyeus - latin deus and juppiter, greek theos and zeus. Zeus"s jobs - just need to know there"s 2 kinds. Panhellic zeus (zeus of homer): executive elader of the gods, justics, rain and lightnight a. Local manifestations of zeus: a. b. c. d. e. f. g. Assembles (at athens) - democratic body, acknowledge zeus beforehand. Oaths (horkios) - last name "the oath guy" Danae (human) zeus in form of shower of gold. By swallowing athena he became a wiser god. Constantly transforming to make offspring with various divinities. Gods do to each other what we do to each other. We envision gods as our species, but other species would do the same. There"s only one god that is perfect, doesn"t move, isn"t in human form but a perfect sphere. Xenophanes a. b. a. b. c. d. a. b.
