CLAS 160D2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ictinus, Odysseus, Lapiths
16 Sep 2016
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Covers from natures of gods to aphrodite. Athena is arguably one of the most important gods in greek myths and culture. She helps almost all of the heros and plays a major role with the people on the land. Zeus does influence, other than banging, he doesn"t spend much time with humans. Glaukopis: grey eyed, blue eyed, owl eyed. No one really knows what this means. Could be associated with her warrior like appearance or the bronze age ideas. Helped make bridles to tame the pegasus. Best known for her wisdom and skill in battle. Birth of athena: metis and zeus defeated cronus, zeus swallowed metis so he could be with. Hera, metis gave birth to athena, athena caused headaches and zeus cracked his skull open. The acropolis: center of athens since the bronze age; destroyed by the persians in 480 bce. Festival of athena: walked 100 cattles to be sacrificed, processed into the temple.
