Classical Studies 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Theogony, Homeric Hymns, Lucky Soul

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2200
• Professor: Aara Suksi

Document Summary

Dissolver of boundaries: while hermes can get through the boundaries, dionysus completely destroys them. The sown men: three of cadmus" daughters married three of the sown men, one of his daughters has a child with. Form the autochthonous family at thebes: cadmus" sown men. Zeus disguised as a mortal impregnated semele. Hera tricked semele into asking zeus to reveal his divine form: his form is a lightning bolt and she gets destroyed. Hermes rescued the child from her womb by going down to the underworld to get the baby. He was inserted into the thigh of zeus and later born again: this is how he gets his immortality even though his mother was mortal. He still does have some human in him. He was hidden from hera on mount nysa and raised by nymphs: gets changed into a goat to disguise him from hera.