CLASS 40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Erogenous Zone, Herma, Actaeon
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Enthousiasmos: possession (cid:271)(cid:468) the (cid:311)od temples statues o(cid:310) (cid:311)od inside; hoped (cid:310)or (cid:311)ods to inha(cid:271)it the statue in temple durin(cid:311) spiritual da(cid:468)s. Gods think and a(cid:272)t like humans anthropomorphism. Altar is the essential (cid:272)omponent o(cid:310) (cid:311)reek reli(cid:311)ion. Sa(cid:272)ri(cid:310)i(cid:272)e esta(cid:271)lish a (cid:272)ommuni(cid:272)ation (cid:272)hannel (cid:271)(cid:462) humans and (cid:311)ods. Alle(cid:311)or(cid:468) = a stor(cid:468) that has a deeper meanin(cid:311) than (cid:462)hat"s on the sur(cid:310)a(cid:272)e. E(cid:467). seasonal (cid:272)han(cid:311)es stor(cid:468) o(cid:310) demeter and persephone. M(cid:468)th is used to tell proper (cid:271)eha(cid:461)ior (cid:637)ri(cid:311)ht (cid:462)a(cid:468)(cid:638) to li(cid:461)e (cid:468)our li(cid:310)e. E(cid:467). (ud(cid:311)ement o(cid:310) paris paris pi(cid:272)ks aphrodite as most (cid:271)eauti(cid:310)ul (cid:311)oddess in gree(cid:272)e (cid:614)represents li(cid:310)e (cid:272)hoi(cid:272)es(cid:615) Belie(cid:461)es o(cid:461)er time, the underl(cid:468)in(cid:311) meanin(cid:311) o(cid:310) m(cid:468)th is (cid:272)orrupted due to lan(cid:311)ua(cid:311)e (cid:272)orruption/(cid:272)han(cid:311)es. Aktaion turned into a deer (cid:271)(cid:468) artemis and his huntin(cid:311) do(cid:311)s started to eat him. Euhemerus (cid:462)ould sa(cid:468) that it started as aktaion (cid:462)as (cid:271)ein(cid:311) (cid:637)eaten up(cid:638) (cid:271)(cid:468) his do(cid:311)s (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause he spent too mu(cid:272)h mone(cid:468) on them (cid:271)ut (cid:272)orruption o(cid:310) spee(cid:272)h (cid:272)han(cid:311)ed interpretation o(cid:310) m(cid:468)th.
