C C 303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Chthonic
4 Oct 2016
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Cc 303, dr. james patterson, week 2, lecture #5, 2 september 2016. Included but not limited to other deities, semi-divinities, and mortals. Also spirits of the earth, such as local goddesses, nymphs (associated with a specific body of water), and dryads (associated with a specific one tree) Reflects imposition of sky gods on all chthonic pre-greek spirits and deities. Also reflects dominance of men over women and some boys. Io was a nymph priestess of hera in argos; Zeus sees her, pursues her when she tries to run from him, and rapes her. When he hears hera coming, zeus turns io into a cow to try to hide her, but hera comes, knows better, asks for a gift and zeus has to give her io. Hera takes io and ties her to a tree and has her right hand man, argos panoptes (meaning all eyes ) watch and guard her.
