CLST 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Inachus, Peisistratos, Miasma Theory
15 Feb 2017
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Of the gods he is best, he is also greatest homeric hymn to zeus. He is not all knowing or all powerful (or he would be the only god) Dies pater (jupiter the sky father), tiu (german tuesday) dyaus pitr (indic sky father) Common to apply epithets to gods and goddess zeus" most common one = he who bears the aegis . A magical object zeus carried with him (aigos mean goat, could refer to a goat skin pouch) Apotropaic object where evil things cannot look and must turn away eg. garlic. Eventually it turns into the face of a gorgon from just being a pouch zeus is irresistible, you cannot face him and must avert gaze. Sacred animals of zeus are the eagle and bull (most powerful of birds and land animals as well as male virility) and could turn into them or be represented by them. Zeus ombrius sky and thunder (brings the rains)
