AHI 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Typhon, Weather God, Dyeus
31 Mar 2016
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Dyeus, dies, europa- minos, alkmene-herakles, danae-perseus, leda-helen, castor, pollux, semele- Those are all marriages that zeus had with + the products. Zeus vs typhoeus: after zeus is victorious against the titans; mother earth sends down typhoeus, which he also overcomes. Zeus- weather god; uses thunder : homer calls him the cloud gatherer : mountain collect clouds o. Sky, rain, fertility of crops: zeus associated with mountain and sky o. Europa: princess went to the beach zeus desired her he changed himself into a boy who was so attractive that europa when on his back then he went all the way to greece they then produced 3 children: minos (one of them) Danae: king of argus went to delft (eraticus sanctuary) and asked about his daughter danae and the oricle said that she would borne a son and would kill her.
