CLASSIC 30 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mount Othrys, Cronus, Lapiths
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Ten year battle between olympians vs titans. Titans (led by cronus at mt othrys) imprisoned in tartarus. Olympian gods (led by zeus at mt olympus) victorious. Atlas (brother of prometheus) punished with task of holding up the sky. Hera, hestia, demeter, poseidon, hades swallowed by cronus but regurgitated. A dragon-god produced by earth to fight zeus. Giants: monstrous offspring of ge and tartarus. Battle caused by olympian gods trying to establish themselves as new rulers of the cosmos. 3-headed typhon (typhoeus/typhaon) is the leader of giants. Gods get help from mortal heracles after prophecy says giants can only be defeated with help. Weapons used by all giants are wrenching mountains from their foundation and throwing them to. Mt aetna is seen to erupt because a giant is believed to be trapped underneath that can spew fire from the son of a mortal mother attack those on mt olympus. Theme: symbolic capital is emphasizing order vs disorder.
