HUM-8 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Greek Mythology, Greco-Roman Mysteries, Cronus
Document Summary
Literature, statues, temples, case painting gives us stories known as greek myth. Empire of alexander the great 336-323 bc. Greek myth is indistinguishable from greek religion. Stories from greek mythology involving mythical beasts and humans. People would see these stories whenever they visited temple to worship goddess athena. Woman would come and play the flute. Poetry sung at symposium is men singing to men. Myth of abduction of persephone by hades. This myth was used in cultic process. Mystery cult: not allowed to talk about it. Women had a role to play in religious festivals. From chaos, erebus and black night came into being; but from night were born aether and day, whom night bore when she became pregnant after mingling in love with erebus. Even the most powerful of the gods can be overcome by eros. Uranus hid children from gaia and light. Genitals are cast off in the sea. Maiden grows from foam in ocean around genitals.
