CLA204H1 Chapter 7: Notes for Chapter 7
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> zeus ruled the family and all humankind because males did in human society. > the underworld family was a mirror imagine of the upper so hades was king of. > higher knowledge was only open to males and apollo guided them. > poseidon caused the devastating storms that afflicted greek sailors, who were al- ways male. > only males were smiths and warriors and hephaestus and ares reflected that. His historical and name origins are unknown. Many think hiscult came from asia minor because he is called lycian. > lycian could mean wolflike" aswell, perhaps because at an early stage he protected shepards from wolves or had some connection with wolves. This cult has taken on associations with far north: > in winter he swelled among hyperboreans men beyond the north wind". But already established as a great god by the time of the alphabet.
