CLA204H5 Lecture Notes - Cocytus, Telegony, Katabasis
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*poseidon: earth shaker (get tsunamis which makes sense) Iliad talks about how the 3 (z, p, h) divided domains, was by chance. Puts it on and during war against titans he steals their weapons and stuff. That whole story is etiological myth (explains season change) She eats pomegranate seed and if you eat food of hades, can"t totally leave so made deal. Don"t wanna call hades by his name or else it means his eye will be on you (he"ll be watching you) Only heroes can go to underworld and come out and of course hermes but everyone else stays there. Charon is the one who takes you over the river, lots of stories have him ferry your soul over this river. Story of achilles: mom dipped him styx to make him bulletproof (except his heel) Lethe: has to do with oblivion or forgetfulness.
