CLASS 40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cup-Bearer, Loutrophoros, Tithonus
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Terms: mythological rape, io/cow, argos/peacock, hermes/europa, zeus/bull, crete, rite of passage ceremony, separation, liminal, reintegration, homeric hymn to apollo, delos, eileithyia, hera, telphousa, delphi, pytho, omphalos. Priestess within temple sits on a tripod. Apollo takes possession of priestess & she speaks a language nobody understands. Recorded oracles 100+ years after it happened. Ends up getting captured & almost burned until he says that he realizes the great empire. If croesus goes to war he will destroy a great empire that is destroyed is his own. The persian king keeps him alive as his advisor because he seems wise . How did oracles work: didn"t really tell the future, lies, good predictions, access to knowledge, cia, santioed activity, rubber stamp when pressed, purposefully ambiguous. Panhellenic sanctuaries were situated outside any polis in neutral territory. Interpret wind rustling in trees to a response. Wrote down questions on tablets & bury in the sanctuary. Trojan prince; tend animals for a while.
