CLA 2323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Arachnid, Odysseus, Panathenaic Games
30 Jan 2015
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The goddess of wisdom and logical thinking, of war and victory, craftsmanship and creativity. A helper of heroes, preserver of the city-state and close" to the people goddess of nearness. Her birth: the offspring of zeus he swallowed her mother, the nymph metis, in fear of a son who would overthrow him, athena sprang from his head, fully armed. The palladion: a small statue of pallas athena; referred to as an xoanon" wooden idol, stolen by odysseus & diomedes from troy. Athena vs. poseidon: both deities vied for the role of guardian of athens, athena gifted a cultivated olive tree, which proved her victorious over poseidon"s gift of the sea of erektheis. The myth of arachne: motif of hubris (arrogance) and metamorphosis, arachne proclaimed herself superior to athena in the skill of weaving, and athena punished her by transforming her into a spider (arachnid)
