CLT 3370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cattle, Etiology, Eurystheus
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Ruler of the world and god of justice. Patron of marketplaces (agora) and punisher of dishonest traders. Panhellenic cult at olympia: first model of the fully developed classical greek temple (472-456 bce, chryselephantine statue, one of the seven wonders of ancient world. Temple of olympian zeus in athens: construction began in vi century bce, completed in ii century ce, renowned as the largest temple in greece. Metis (cleverness) had provided zeus with the emetic that forced cronus to vomit up his children. She was already pregnant with their first daughter, (cid:449)he(cid:374) ura(cid:374)us a(cid:374)d gaia (cid:449)ar(cid:374)ed )eus: metis" se(cid:272)o(cid:374)d (cid:272)hild would depose zeus. Zeus swallowed metis herself before the first daughter was born (cid:862)(cid:272)le(cid:448)er(cid:374)ess(cid:863) (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e i(cid:374)a(cid:272)(cid:272)essi(cid:271)le e(cid:454)(cid:272)ept through )eus. Zeus cried out for assistance: he was suffering a severe headache. Pro(cid:373)etheus / hephaestus stru(cid:272)k )eus" head (cid:449)ith a(cid:374) a(cid:454) Athena sprang out fully formed, fully armed, screaming the war-cry.