CLASSIC 45A Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Eileithyia, Olive Oil, Enyalius
26 Sep 2016
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Athena, ares; gods and cities, gods and war. Athena(pallas, tritogeneia), (roman: minerva: epithets: pallas(maiden, virgin), nike, savior, polias(of the city), parthenos, bright-eyed(keen, intelligent) a. i. Killed her friend pallas while in fight in remorse took her name a. i. 2. Birth of athena: hephaestus and eileithyia(usually accompanied in arts) a. i. Hephaestus: splits zeus head up so that athena could come out a. ii. Athena and the city: protector of cities, fortresses, and harbors during war, patron of cities and their heroes positive relationship with mortals, patron of useful arts and skills with hephaestus c. i. Athena also associated with weaving as well as other skills c. i. 1. c. i. 2. Weaving: the most virtuous skill women could have; was difficult so was prized c. i. 3. Athens: patronage of athena, founding mythology: b. i. Hephaestus tries to rape athena his semen fell into ground and king. Erichthonius(2nd founder; associated with snamke) is born b. ii. Athena took him, and gave him to daughters of king cecrops(1st founder) b. iii.
