AHI 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sea Monster, Amymone, Asclepius
31 Mar 2016
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Poseidon, earth- shaker (animospilia), trident- amphitrite, king laomedon of troy, triton, Hippocamp, pegasos, polyphemos: hermes, mia, cadueus, river styx, charon, pan, apollo, leto, delphi, tityos, niiobe, aesclepius, powell 7. 8, 7. 12, 7. 13, 7. 14, carpenter 47, 60, 62, 70, 71, 79. Poseidon: god of the sea, spring, water: homers calls him the earth shaker- because he was known for earthquakes, associated with fresh water springs, sea o. Springs are often associated with horses- come back to l8r: fertility god also- associated with the land. Ammospilia: cave of gods, raise portion in the center- skeleton of a man whose hands were tied. Sword was used to kill him- this implied human sacrifices: the building looks like a shrine, they were performing a human sacrifice as the earthquake was taking place. The god poseidon has a trident as his attribution. He"s got a fish also- god of the sea. The god poseidon was always showed as an impressive male.
