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why did men fear women
They could bring children into the world, cleanse the miasma
who are the 3 main fathers
Uranus —— Cronus ——– Zeus
what happens when Miasma is not cleansed after murder
spreads to everyone, spreads terror, must atone for all bad actions comited
where does everyone end up?
Hades, there, they are shades who drink blood and are temporarly vivified. They don‘t believe in worshiping the gods to get to paradise
who is known for being a supporter of humans
Prometheus
what does epimetheus mean
heignsight
what would be reasons Zeus would choose the wrong plate
- be able to punish Prom
- because bones are the part of the animal that are truly immortal,
- meat means that humans must eat, reinforcing the fact that they are mortals, bones are not subjected to any constraints
who does what for pandora
- Hermes: streght and voice (lying words)
- Athena clothes
- Aphrodite, beauty/charisma
- Hepheastus, molds her
who are Typhons parents
Gaia and Tarturus
what does he look like
100 snake heads, fire coming our of his eyes, always moving,
why does Zeus win against Typhon?
He has focused power, 2 eyes, reinforces the idea that 1 leader is necessary
what did hepheastus do to get back at Aphrodite
what did men do as a rite of passage
- men would dress as women to show a full transition from boy to manhood: would then break free of the clothes to show that women (who raised them) had no more control over them
- spent time outside the city practicing military procedures and hunting skills
what did girls do as rites of passage
sacrificed dolls to Artemis
what was the golden age
Mortals lived like gods, never knowing sorrow or toil; when they died, it as if they were falling asleep. No one worked or grew unhappy. Spring never ended. It is even described as a period in which people aged backward. When they died, they became daimones (a Greek word only later converted to “demons”) who roamed the earth. When Zeus overcame the Titans, the Golden Age ended.
what was the silver age
During Hesiod’s Silver Age, the Olympian god Zeus was in charge. Zeus caused this generation of man to be created as vastly inferior to the gods in appearance and wisdom. He divided the year into four seasons. Man had to work—plant grain and seek shelter—but a child could play for 100 years before growing up. The people wouldn’t honor the gods, so Zeus caused them to be destroyed. When they died, they became “blessed spirits of the underworld.” In Mesopotamia, silver was the metal of the moon. Silver is softer with a dimmer luster than gold.
what was the bronze age
Hesiod’s Third Age was of bronze. Zeus created men from ash trees—a hard wood used in spears. The men of the Bronze Age were terrible and strong and warlike. Their armor and houses were made of bronze; and they did not eat bread, living mainly on meat. It was this generation of men that was destroyed by the flood in the days of Prometheus’ son Deucalion and Pyrrha. When the bronze men died, they went to the Underworld. Copper (chalkos) and a component of bronze is the metal of Ishtar in Babylon. In Greek and older myths, bronze was connected to weapons, war, and warfare, and their armor and houses were made of bronze.
what was the iron age
Hesiod’s Third Age was of bronze. Zeus created men from ash trees—a hard wood used in spears. The men of the Bronze Age were terrible and strong and warlike. Their armor and houses were made of bronze; and they did not eat bread, living mainly on meat. It was this generation of men that was destroyed by the flood in the days of Prometheus’ son Deucalion and Pyrrha. When the bronze men died, they went to the Underworld. Copper (chalkos) and a component of bronze is the metal of Ishtar in Babylon. In Greek and older myths, bronze was connected to weapons, war, and warfare, and their armor and houses were made of bronze.
what was the ideal greek women
tall, beautiful, submissive, fertile,chaste,silent,virtually invisible to those around her. (Hestia represents this). The best Greek women was the one no one saw.
- two great moments in her life was mariage and her death
- last act before mariage (14) , girls would offer their dolls to Artemis, sacrifice
- no man would marry women with past sexually experience, dad would sell her to be a slave
- time between first menstruation and marriage was said to be dangerous, girl would be wild
who are the virgin godesses
Hestia , Artemis, Athena
Who is born parthenogenically
Athena, Dyonisus (God who is born twice) , Aphrodite
who did athena have a child with (parthenogenically)
Hepheastus (ejaculates on her thigh)
why is dyonisus worshiped
He is worshiped for everyone to let go of their extasy, what they keep inside all the time, what they can never let loose.
who is Agave
mother of the king of thebes, killed by her and all the women under dyonisus spell
