CLASSIC 30 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Real Marriage, Iambe
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Mothers and daughters: 2 major human emotions, marriage & death. Without girl"s consent; given not prepared; screaming & crying chaos sexual awakening vs journey to the underworld. Growth into adulthood: usage of myth in the story: transposing difficult/anxious emotion into stories help people talk about it? collective/social therapy, persephone, hades. Mother of persephone: demeter"s journey thru mourning (exploration of greek stage of mourning) Marriage & death strongly associated in ancient greece ( death in childbirth) Heart gripped by savage pain (line 90) Mourning broken when iambe does funny things & demeter laughs; reemerge to social life. Tries to replace her lost child with a substitute. Special drink of barley-meal and water (line 209) Nursed by demeter: after failing with demopho n. Demeter established temple and rites in eleusis. Creates a year of famine (line 310) Persephone eats it as a bride would eat.
