CLASS 40 Lecture 24: Greek Myth Lecture 24
Document Summary
Changing relationship between group/individual: personal experience and greek religion: healing asklepius- popular god, whimsical and personal in sculpture. Reckoning with father leaves the sails black meaning that theseus died instead of changing it to white. Aegeus jumps into the water, aegean sea. Theseus and his sidekick pirithous had gone to underworld. Pirithous wants helen and theseus wants persephone. Theseus sits on a chair of forgetfulness and can"t get up: similar to odysseus and the lotus. Spartans put a victory statue on top of the temple. Nike of paionios- winged statue of a woman: commemorating messenian victory over sparta. Athenian acropolis- giant statue of athena has a nike, ca. Most sacred area: temple, altar, tholos and abaton. Spend the night in the sanctuary with a god. Pilgrim sleeps in the abaton and meet asklepius in a dream. Votive relief plague- god heals or a snake heals the person.
