CLAS 160D2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Typhon, Cup-Bearer, Zeus
15 Sep 2016
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Uranus and ge: created the archetype of a male sky god and a female earth goddess. Parallels in bad luck #daddy eats baby. Even zeus eats his wifey and breaks it by giving birth to a woman #girlpower. Zeus gets metis (aka cleverness) to give poison to cronos. Cronos spits out all of his kids. Athena is born, goddess of wisdom and war. Zeus fights the titans for power over chaos. Hecatonchires, cyclops, themis and her son, prometheus are on zeus"s side. The rest of them go to hell. Both of these wars act as an allegory for overcoming chaos with order. The belly button of the universes is at delphi. Zeus could be an adaptation of a middle eastern god. Europa gets taken by zeus (disguised as a bull) Abducted a trojan prince be a cupbearer. A holy father/ youngest of 6 kids. Storm god/ god of the clear sky.
