CMLT316 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Cocytus
3 Jun 2018
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Class 10: The Greek Pantheon Continued; Aphrodite and Artemis
Pygmalion and Galateia
● Women of Cyprus don’t properly worship Aphrodite-turned into prostitutes
● Pygmalion as a result shuns female companionship
● Creates a statue of the perfect woman “Galateia” that Aphrodite brings to life
Aphrodite and Love in Myth
● Plato’s Symposium
● Apuleius’ Cupid and Psyche
Platonic Eros (the Symposium)
● Aristophanes and Eros Pandemios
● Eros mirrors Plato’s model of Aphrodite:
○ Eros Pandemios (love towards physical beauty, beauty of the particulars)
○ Eros Uranios (love towards ideal beauty, beauty of the universals)
● Socrates and Eros Uranios (divine love)
○ Diotima of Mantinea
○ Possibly fictional person
○ “Taught” Socrates what universal love (Eros) is
The Story of Cupid and Psyche (a Fairytale) - The Roman Author Apuleius
● A story within a story, the “Golden Ass”
● Ostensibly a love story (“love conquers all” in a positive light)
● Princess who was exposed to a “great monster” because of Aphrodite’s jealousy (most
beautiful woman
● Rescued by Cupid who fell in love with her (but kept his identity secret) - forbidden love
● Jealous sisters encouraged her to look upon Cupid when he slept
● Cupid leaves her and only returns after she completes “impossible tasks”
● Psyche (now called Volupta or Pleasure) marries Cupid
● Motifs:
○ True love (Cupid and Psyche)
○ Hidden identity (Cupid’s)
○ Wicked sisters (Psyche’s)
○ Impossible tasks (sorting grains, fetching water from Cocytus, delivering package
from underworld)
○ ‘Happily ever after’
Artemis (Diana)
● Twin sister of Apollo (Zeus and Leto)
● Childbirth
● Goddess of young girls
● Wild animals
● Depicted as a young maiden
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Document Summary
Class 10: the greek pantheon continued; aphrodite and artemis. Women of cyprus don"t properly worship aphrodite-turned into prostitutes. Pygmalion as a result shuns female companionship. Creates a statue of the perfect woman galateia that aphrodite brings to life. Eros pandemios (love towards physical beauty, beauty of the particulars) Eros uranios (love towards ideal beauty, beauty of the universals) The story of cupid and psyche (a fairytale) - the roman author apuleius. A story within a story, the golden ass . Ostensibly a love story ( love conquers all in a positive light) Princess who was exposed to a great monster because of aphrodite"s jealousy (most beautiful woman. Rescued by cupid who fell in love with her (but kept his identity secret) - forbidden love. Jealous sisters encouraged her to look upon cupid when he slept. Cupid leaves her and only returns after she completes impossible tasks . Psyche (now called volupta or pleasure) marries cupid.
