CLAS 2201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Mount Sipylus, Cult Of Artemis At Brauron, Black Sheep
6 Jul 2018
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Even the other gods remark about how frightening and warlike he is. Savage, berserker frenzy, brute force, mindless violence, a bully. Athena is more clever and strategious in battle, where ares is all about violence and blood. Kept sleeping with aphrodite even though she was married. Chained statues- a dangerous uncontrolled god, needed to be kept in check. Hephaestus is off at work ares and aphrodite trapped by a chain/net. A golden chain/net so fine you cant see it but so strong that one cannot escape from it. They get trapped in bed and hephaestus came home to say "hah! The gods make a joke out of it because. Hephaestus is like the black sheep of the god family. Threat to leave them there until dowry returned. Helen of troy (abandoned her husband to be with paris) and penelope waiting for odysseus (fought off her great suitors while odysseus was gone)
