CNES 1042 Lecture 2: Humans & Gods
26 Sep 2018
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Prometheus (son of a titan) meat *good*) Slaughters ox (fat and meat *good* under bones *bad*, guts *bad* under. Zeus picks pile of meat and is enraged. Give gods part of ox you can"t eat (100 ox = expensive) Charter myth- explains origin of a practice. Zeus hides fire from humans, prometheus steals it back. Zeus creates pandora + box of all evils in world. She marries prometheus" brother whom she gifts the box to, she then opens it. Myth of ages (another story of creation) Age of heros (things look up) *setting of books in class. Most powerful of the gods (king of the gods) Father of gods & men is also the bright (clear) sky. From contact w/eastern people he is the god of storms. Hospitality= relationships among humans & humans and gods are good.
