CLAS 2520 Lecture 5: Hymn to Demeter, Gigantomachia (Slides w/ Extra Lecture Notes)

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 2520
• Professor: Rob Nau

Document Summary

Class 5 hy(cid:373)(cid:374) to de(cid:373)eter | giga(cid:374)to(cid:373)achia. [ a version of the telipinu myth (a hittite myth around 15th century bc)] Cattle, sheep and humans no longer become pregnant - and even those who do cannot give birth. The great sun god made a feast and invited the great gods and the lesse(cid:396) gods. The u(cid:374) god se(cid:374)t the s(cid:449)ift eagle: (cid:862) ea(cid:396)(cid:272)h fo(cid:396) telipi(cid:374)u. (cid:863) the eagle (cid:449)e(cid:374)t. it sea(cid:396)(cid:272)hed the sp(cid:396)i(cid:374)gs. It sea(cid:396)(cid:272)hed the (cid:396)i(cid:448)e(cid:396)s. but it did (cid:374)ot fi(cid:374)d hi(cid:373). O it (cid:271)(cid:396)ought (cid:271)a(cid:272)k a (cid:396)epo(cid:396)t to the u(cid:374) god: (cid:862)i did (cid:374)ot fi(cid:374)d hi(cid:373). (cid:863) Ha(cid:374)(cid:374)aha(cid:374)(cid:374)a se(cid:374)t a (cid:271)ee: (cid:862)you go search for my son telipinu. When you find him, sting his hands and feet and make him stand up. Hymns praise gods or goddesses and run from a few lines to 500 or so the tone must be carefully controlled: avoid insulting the gods and goddesses, pro(cid:448)ide a (cid:858)good e(cid:374)di(cid:374)g(cid:859) that refle(cid:272)ts ho(cid:449) thi(cid:374)gs (cid:858)are(cid:859)