CLA204H5 Chapter 16: CLA204- Chapter 16
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Cla204- chapter 16: theseus and the myths of athens. In a golden age cecrops introduced the arts of civilization and monogamous marriage to the people o o. He taught them to worship zeus, to abandon human sacrifice, to build cities, and to bury the dead properly. In his reign athena and poseidon competed for recognition as patron of the city, athena offering the olive and. Poseidon a spring of saltwater on the acropolis o. Citizens chose athena which reminds us that the land was for a long time more important to the athenians than the sea. The theme of athenian autochthony appears again in the story about erichthonius, another early king of athens o o. King was born: athena had gone to hephaestus" smithy for repair of her weapons. Missing his ex wife aphrodite, whom he had divorced for adultery, hephaestus pursued the goddess lustfully across the acropolis o.
