CLAS104 Chapter 6-10: Textbook Notes
14 Jan 2016
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Chapter 6, the nature of the gods and greek religion. Although the gods look and act human they are actually idealized: beauty beyond ordinary mortals, passions are more grand and intense, sensations more touching. Yet they can have the same physical and spiritual weaknesses of human counterparts lie and cheat: they can be lame, deformed/vain, petty, insincere, steal, Olympus/heaven: upper air and upper world (the olympians) and those of. They eat, drink but their food is ambrosia and wine the realm below named chthonian (of earth) nectar. Ichor a substance clearer than blood flows through their veins. They too can suffer physical pain and torment: 141. Gods are more versatile than mortals: able to move at amazing speeds and dexterity appear and disappear and change their shape at will. Human, animal and divine: most important of all they are immortal, zeus eagle, hera peacock, poseidon horse, athena owl, aphrodite dove, sparrow or goose and ares boar.
