CLA 2323 Lecture 4: Lecture notes from Sept 26
10 Dec 2017
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Aspects of their real-life worship in ancient greece: their individual functions or spheres of activity. The origin of humanity, according to greek myth. The origin of the heroes, according to greek myth. Buxton pages 68 85, 44 49, 54 59, 94, 97 (chart) In addition, the following are not counted as olympians, in some cases because they are imagined as dwelling elsewhere than on mt. The two compartments of a greek god: brief comment by buxton at pp. In studying the mythology, you will observe that each greek god/goddess generally comprises two. One compartment is the deity"s place in the universe: his/her sphere of activity in the world, as listed at buxton page 69. The 2nd compartment is the god"s personality, as though the god were a human being. The contrast is the most striking with zeus or apollo, who combine difficult personalities with elevated ethical spheres. (apollo"s personality seems actually unpleasant, overall. )
