CLT-3378 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Erinyes, Delphyne, Kumarbi
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Theogony: invocation to muses: muses, epic poets (e. g. , homer, hesiod, theogony = birth of gods , hesiod = greek poet (ca. Theogony: the succession myth: hesiod"s theogony, hymn to zeus, king of greek gods, power of zeus, how zeus becomes king, cf. Baal cycle (baal: zeus/marduk/tessub/baal = all storm gods, four generations of gods in theogony: 1st generation = four primal gods and offspring (incl. One meaning for olympus was a physical mountain and the second meaning for olympus is heaven. swallows metis: athena (daughter), zeus" head athena is born out of zeus" head. When he swallowed metis, he kind of took on the pregnancy. Cleverness trait. goddess of making things with her hands. (i. e. weaving softer things). Also a goddess of war, more of the military strategy/military victory: early mate of zeus, metis = cleverness is binatural. Athena is the: zeus (lightning) vs. typhoios (fire) whole earth shakes; epic battle.
