CLA204H5 Chapter 6: Chapter 6
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Chapter 6: myths of zeus, his wife hera, and his brothers poseidon and hades. By 6th century greeks recognized a body of 12 olympian gods/goddesses, @ this time an alter to the twelve was built in. The olympian gods were a projection onto a cosmic canvas of the concerns and activities of the greeks themselves: organization of greek family and tensions between sexes reflected in the family of the gods, ex. Zeus rules his palace with iron hand but hera subverts his authority constantly and takes revenge against the women who submit to his caress: ex. Athena + artemis were powerful, celibate, in human world this power broken through marriage. Name derives from indo-european root di-meaning shine / sky : possibly all indo-european gods ex. Tiu sky , roman god jupitar father sky derived from earlier indo-european deity associated with the luminous heaven.
