CLA219H1 Lecture Notes - Lex Julia, Hieros Gamos, Wind Chime
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Battle of actium: 31 bc octavian (later named augustus) vanquished mark antony and cleopatra; ended the hellenistic period and ushered in the imperial period. Egyptian ptolemy fell; the roman empire was divided and governed by monarchs. Hieros gamos: refers to a sexual ritual that plays out a marriage between a god and a goddess, especially when enacted in a symbolic ritual where human participants represent the deities. In greek mythology the classic instance is the wedding of zeus and hera. Hymn: invocation of a god; song of praise, addressed to a god, transmits some tale connected to the god. Iambic poetry: named after iambe; poetry whose content attacks, blames, mocks, is obscene (e. g. semonides on women; women compared to animals) Misogyny: misos" hatred, gyne" women; hatred of women; refers to general disdain for women in greek society (e. g. hesiod"s works and days; pandora as first woman responsible for all evils of the world)
