CLA 2323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sea Foam, Astarte, Odysseus
6 Oct 2016
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Born from the combination of sea foam, blood, and semen from uranus" genitalia being thrown into the sea by kronos. Goddess of love, sexual feelings, sexual gratification: exists in all of us for much of our lives. Homeric poem about her stated that whenever she walked through a field, all the animals around her would fall into heat (mating) Around from almost the very beginning of the world, because regeneration is a primordial principle that is needed to create the world. Oldest of the gods, but historically the most recent arrival. Associated with doves, sparrows, and a woman"s hand mirror. They worshipped the goddess astarte [ishtar] and her husband mallacart: mallacart was the king of the gods, astarte was the goddess of sexual premise. Had settlements on cyprus around 900 bc. Best seafarers of the ancient world at this time.
