HUM 102W Chapter : Unit 2.doc
22 Feb 2012
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The usual 12 olympian gods are the most powerful: zeus, poseidon, hades, hera, demeter, athena, apollo, artemis, hermes. Take note of their epithets, the short phrases used in poetry to describe them when repitition of their names would get tedious. Lightning strikes ground = manifestation of zeus kataibat s (coming down) In story of europa zeus commonly takes form of a bull. Poseidon = zeus" brother; ~40 years old; carries a trident unlike zeus; Zeus/poseidon/hades are triplets, with each dominating a different realm: hh to poseidon (22) emphasizes his connection to the sea, to helicon in. Hades (sometimes aidoneus) = third brother whose name meant. Identified with the wealth of the earth: can also be identified as the place rather than the god. Hera = ripe (for marriage) or a feminine form of hero = worshipped as the wife of zeus (hh 12)
