CLA 2323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Theogony, Typhon, Oceanus
20 Feb 2020
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Eros could be aprhodite"s son or simply her follower. Gaia"s prophecies that kronos will be overthrown by his children. Kronos swallowed his children in order to suppress them in his own stomach. Rhea gives birth and hides zeus in crete. Rhea asks gaia for advice and hands kronos a rock wrapped in baby clothes. He was nursed by amaltheia (a goat) and baby zeus broke his horn. After a died, zeus who felt bad for breaking his horn, decided to make it a symbol. A became the capricorn (a constellation) and also the aegis (an impenetrable shield. Zeus was born in a cave and entrusted to the nymph often worn by athena) Kronos regurgitates his children after being given a potion : Order of birth becomes: zeus, poseidon, hades, hera, demeter, hestia. Birth and childhood of zeus resembles those of mortal heroes: A prophecy cautions against his birth usually posing a threat to his father.
