CLA 2323 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Seashell, Empusa, Odysseus
27 Dec 2016
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Daughter of zeus and mnemosyne associated with charming power of artistic expression: song, dance and celebration. Symbolism of spinning, measuring and cutting a wollen thread. Conceived from the blood of ouranos svered genitals. Main job is to hound the perpatrators of violent human transgressions, also deal wiwth murder related by blood. Looks at the connection between divinities and mortals. A mortal who likes hunting and virginity, his loyalties are tied to artemis exclusively. In euripides aphrodite (goddess of sexual love) avenges this by causing his step mother to fall in love with him. When he rejects her she commits suicide and leaves an incriminating note. His father theseus curses him and this leads to his death. An example of an attempt to deceive the gods. Lykaon and his sons tried to trick zeus into eating the flesh of a cooked human child. Zeus followed with death by thunderbolts to his sons, the great flood and the transformation of.
