Week

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Wednesday, October 11, 2017 8:32 AM

Myth and Cult

Only 12 Olympian gods

Number more important than names - different canonical lists in different locations
Most familiar list:
Name Latin name Totemic plant Bird Mammal Tool
Zeus Jovial Oak Eagle Bull Thunderbolt
Hermes Mercurial Moly Seagull Caduceus
Ares Boar Shield
Apollo Laurel Crow Stag Lyre
Dionysus Vine, ivy, mistletoe Goat
Aphrodite
Artemis Myrtle
Poseidon
Demeter Poppy
Athena Olive tree
Hera
Hephaestus

Apollo - from Apella - Dorian

What was Zeus' thunderbolt - fossilized horns, fulgerite. Some scholars argue it was a lotus pla

Demeter = Associated w/ alter mental states, god of fertility/harvest, poppy was one of her sy
Athena = Zeus' daughter, responsible for olive/olive trees in Attica, olive oil = used for soap, lig
Leto = used to be a god, banished by Hera (Zeus' wife) out of jealousy -roamed the earth pregn
island of Delos - gave birth to Artemis, then Apollo
Myrtle = Artemis' plant
 Principal cult centres
Olympia, Dodona

Troy
Delos, Troy
Delphi
Cyprus, cythera, troy
Delos

Attica, Athens

ant.

ymbols (opium)
ghting - more important
nant, looking for place to give birth - finally found
Demeter = Associated w/ alter mental states, god of fertility/harvest, poppy was one of her sy
Athena = Zeus' daughter, responsible for olive/olive trees in Attica, olive oil = used for soap, lig
Leto = used to be a god, banished by Hera (Zeus' wife) out of jealousy -roamed the earth pregn
island of Delos - gave birth to Artemis, then Apollo
Myrtle = Artemis' plant

Hymn to Hermes

In mythology - Gods had very short childhoods - Greeks thought children were stupid

Christians called Olympian religion paganism - because it was rural, and Christianity was urban

Cultic aspects: Blood sacrifice

Believed - Animals needed to be eaten
Vegetarianism - Associated w/ Pythagoras. Still killed animals, especially at that time
Concern: Once you kill an animal - will you kill a person?
ymbols (opium)
ghting - more important
nant, looking for place to give birth - finally found

n (pagan was a slur like hick)