Classical Studies 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Only Hope, Elpis, Pithos

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2200
• Professor: Christopher Brown

Document Summary

The greeks weren"t entirely interested in the creation of man. His brother epimetheus was thought to be afterthinker". The pro- element may mean either before" or on behalf of". Son of iapetus and clymene: the generation of the titans. Brothers: atlas, menoetius, epimetheus: all came to a bad end. All the titans, essentially are challengers to zues (the established world order). And thus meet a bad end in there challenge of zues. Ancient myths about giants struggling beneath mountains, etc. The eagle replaces vultures because it is sacred to the god zeus. Prometheus" punishment is reminiscent of the fate su ered by tityos, who tried to rape leto, the mother of apollo and artemis. The liver was believed to be the seat of deep feelings: prometheus was supposed to su er as much as possible. When it came to the organs, the brain was thought to be semen. The source of thought and feelings was thought to be the chest.