CLASSICS 370 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Odysseus, Xuthus, Atra-Hasis
5 Sep 2016
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Sometimes zeus is credited with creating mortals himself, sometimes various gods are described as working together. Most often, prometheus is said to be maker of human beings. Titan who took zeus"s side in battle against his cousin titans. Prometheus known for being clever, inventor of many things. After emergence of chaos, ovid tells us that prometheus made the human race by mixing primeval earth and water. Because earth contained divine seed, the human was a superior being. His father, iapetus, a first-generation titan, brother of cronus. Prometheus is the folktale trickster who delights in outwitting those who appear more powerful. In hesiod"s story of zeus"s rise to power, zeus overcame the older generations of the gods and became ruler of the universe through violence and deceit. Prometheus at mecone is an etiological myth to explain a conspicuous detail of greek sacrifice.
