CLASSIC 45A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Chryselephantine Sculpture, Chariot Racing, Tragedy
17 Sep 2016
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Zeus (roman: jupiter/jove: epithet: son of cronus, cloud-gatherer, loud-thundering, king a. i. (the ancient had titles or description for important people, like heroes or gods emphasized their importance and described who they were) a. ii. Often athena is said to own the aegis instead of zeus: sphere: king, sky(weather), justice d. i. Scholars think that the sky part comes from a sky-god that predated the. Children of zeus (for the greeks, man"s masculinity was shown by how many offspring he had: hera a. i. Usually depicted with holding a torch/having her hands up a. ii. Hebe: goddess of youthful bloom; cupbearer with ganymede a. ii. 1. Ganymede: romance with older and younger men a. ii. 1. a. a. ii. 1. b. In later arts, it becomes like courtship instead of abduction a. ii. 1. c. Zeus putting aside lightning bolt and a. ii. 2. staff putting aside his identity. Ares, hephaestus: persephone, aphrodite, dionysus, athena, hermes, apollo, artemis b. i. Zeus +dione(titan) = aphrodite variation in birth of aphrodite.
