CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Oceanid, Ziusudra, Tudigong
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Son of iapetos (descendant of titans) clymene (oceanid) Name means fore-thought", clever, trickster god, deceit (can be positive or negative) Some myths seen as the creator of mortals. Tricks he pulls usually on behalf of humans to help. Olympian gods and mortal get together for a feast. At one point getting ready for feast and prometheus takes best part of the meat and disguises it as bad. Tricks zeus into taking the bones, however zeus allowed himself to be tricked so that he could punish prometheus. Prometheus tried to give best part to humans so that they could have the most nourishing part. Zeus punishes the humans by taking fire away from the humans (would mean that they would starve, huge problem for the mortals) Hides it in fennel stalk and gives it back to the mortals. Zeus punishes both promethus again and the mortals. Explains why the greeks sacrifice to the gods in the way they do.
