CLA 010A Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Psamtik I, Typhon, Matriarchy
Document Summary
Olympian god of the sky and wields thunderbolts. Titan who"s name means foresight and tricked zeus before stealing fire from olympus to give to mankind. Ended up being punished by being chained to a rock and having his liver(organ of emotions) being eaten everyday by an eagle. Zeus" punishment for mankind(only men lived and pandora was the first woman). Pandora"s existence meant that mankind must depend on the gods to reproduce and achieve and live. Her story is used as the reason why the greeks must participate in ritual sacrifice. The void that, according to hesiod, gave existence to gaia. The sky and offspring of gaia who, with gaia, reproduced the titans and more. The earth that is personified as a woman figure and reproduces and sometimes just gives birth without reproduction to the gigantomachy and the titanomachy. She is the grandmother of the olympian gods. God of procreation and came into existence when gaia did.