CLASSIC 45A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Aesculus, Hieros Gamos, Eileithyia
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Holding a plate/cup in one hand, staff/scepter in other hand. Concerned w political power and fertility, children. Other 2 preceding this one are chronus + rhea and gia + uranus. Aphrodite is promiscuous, so not possible to make sure he is the father or children. So monogamy is a social mechanism for ensuring the legitimacy of the children. She only looks to zeus and no one else. Way of regulating time, time isn"t one undivided stream. Childbirth is another way of regulating time in a woman"s life. She is associated w seasons cus of that. Usually illustrations show her arms as white, which is a sign of beauty. Sign of beauty cus woman are supposed to be inside and not out working. She is the ideal woman of what a woman should be like. Subservient to zeus while jealous of his infidelities. A jealous person sees themselves as weak and scared of rejecting/ being side stepped.