Classical Studies 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Tripe, Theogony, Pithos

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

Document Summary

Iapetos (a titan) and clymene (a titan"s daughter) have four sons (iapetids): All offend zeus and are punished by him. Prometheus tied to pillar/mountain peak and eagle eats away at his liver (at night liver heals) 1st offence: the division of the sacrificial meat at mecone ( theogony 45-49) Prometheus divides the meat - is chosen to be sacrificial priest. Tries to trick zeus and favour humans by disguising portions and inviting zeus to choose between them. Wrapped good parts of the meat in tripe (for mortals) Put ox"s bones and arranged them with deceptive craft by wrapping them and gleaming them with fat (for gods) Zeus points out that portions not fairly divided. Nevertheless he chooses poor portion and then gets angry. Story must have zeus all-knowing who can"t be tricked. Possible that there is version of story where prometheus tricked zeus. Greeks made sacrifices to gods on olympus in return or define favour.