CLAS 203 Lecture 14: CLAS 203 - Lecture 14 - Athena pt2 and Aphrodite
1 Nov 2015
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Clas203 lecture 14 athena part 2, aphrodite. *the task of heroes is to kill monsters, to go to barbaric places and come back something that is valuable. *they represent the same dynamic that we have in the titanomachy between and zeus (order vs disorder) >perseus (son of danae) kills the gorgon. >jason (son of aeson) the golden fleece. >her eyes express her wisdom/keen intelligence, eyes are window into the soul. >they get in a fight, pallas is about to hit athena with a weapon. >zeus intervenes by placing the aegis in-between athena and the weapon. >gods cannot undo what is done, pallas cannot be brought back to life. >to honour the memory of pallas, athena carves out a statue of pallas. >we don"t know why, possibly something to do with being raised by the personified. Arachne was an ordinary person, but was the best weaver in greece. >hubris: arachne thinks she is as good, if not better than athena.
