CLAS 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Greek Primordial Deities, Dryad, Doric Order

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 2000
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

Greeks conceived their deiies as human forms and characters. Superhuman powers, perform extraordinary feats, change shape, become invisible and ly. Appear human in regards to pain and sorrows. Compared himself to aphrodite, said it was just blood. Only ate human things when they were sacriiced to the gods. House the gods when they were in residence o. Greeks worshiped the gods mostly out of fear. Pouring liquid upon the earth to honour the dead. Very important to greeks because they were highly dependent on the sea. Greeks relied on all these things to succeed. Therefore depended on poseidon to be on their side. Produced by gaea in the irst stages of creaion. Proteus is oten combined with: nereus and triton. Prometheus warned zeus not to marry theis in fear of being overthrown by a son. Had a son named achilles who won the trojan war. Construct the walls of the city of troy.