CL 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Alcman, Origin Myth, Priapus

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Classics
• Course: CL 222
• Professor: Kirk Summers

Document Summary

Plato"s symposium: etiological myth about love, aristophanes (comedic playwright, original humans: double-shaped (2 sets of everything) 3 human shapes: male-sun, female- earth, androgynous- moon. Aggressive to the point to challenge the gods. Origin of love: love = the desire and pursuit of the whole, eros (cupid) is the greatest god, restoration of our ancient nature, warning: further bisection (quartering) Caused myrrha to fall in love with her father (pawn of. Father appalled that myrrha would pull such a trick on him. Aphrodite turns myrrha into murr (??) tree. Tree splits open and out comes baby (adonis) Also cares for adnois (struggle between her and aphrodite: boar hunt. Aphrodite tells him that he can only hunt small game; do not hunt boars. Ignores her and hunts boar; boar slashes adonis on inner thigh. Eventually adonis dies: dying god of vegetation routine. Wind scatters dying seeds; new life to come again.