ENGL 2444 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Twelve Olympians, Knossos, Aeschylus
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Prometheus the trickster: sacrifice at mecone, theft of fire, the gift of pa(cid:374)dora (cid:894)(cid:862)all-gifts(cid:863)(cid:895, punishment of prometheus, culture hero: aes(cid:272)h(cid:455)lus" pro(cid:373)etheus bou(cid:374)d, pu(cid:374)ish(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of pro(cid:373)etheus a(cid:374)d pro(cid:373)etheus as (cid:862)sufferi(cid:374)g(cid:863) hero. The wickedness of mortals: zeus visits lycaon (iron age, zeus fears that his thunderbolts might destroy the universe, zeus destroys man by flood. The twelve olympians: zeus (jupiter, 1200 bc, name at pylos and knossos (di-we) Model of the temple of zeus at olympia: 456 bc (temple completed, east pediment (pelops and oenomaus, west pediment (lapiths and centaurs, metopes (labors of herakles) Statue of zeus at olympia: statue carved by pheidias, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The muses: clio = history, euterpe = music, thalia = comedy, melpomene = tragedy, terpsichore = dance, calliope = epic poetry, erato = lyric poetry, polyhymnia = songs, urania = astronomy. Hebe: goddess of youthful bloom, servant of the gods (with ganymede, marries the immortal heracles.
