CLAS104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Horse Training, Thrice, Carpentry
16 May 2016
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Birth: from zeus" head (military prowess, wisdom, masculine virginity) Portrays as masculine (often favours male over female even though she is female) Reason is often because she is was born with no mother. Closest to thoughts of zeus (mind of father) Pallas can also be from athena"s childhood friend whom she sparred with, one day got mad and killed her friend, became terribly sad and took on her name. Inspired as she sprang from zeus" head, she was taken to the libyan lake, trito, and nurtured by the nymphs of the lake. Athena more powerful than ares (easily beats him in battle) Associated with riches that comes with war. Arachne never credited her talents at weaving to athena (minerva) Minerva came down in disguise as old women (often comes in form of old woman shows trickery) Says to arachne that she should really acknowledge goddess. Arachne curses athena and says she would like to battle athena.
