CL_HUM 1060 2nd EditionOutline of Lecture I. Persephone the Bridea. Pomegranatesi. Connection with marriageii. Brides are given pomegranates when they get marriediii. Makes the marriage between Hades and Persephone legitb. Properly conductedi. Father makes arrangements (Zeus)ii. Transitions to husband’s homeiii. Pomegranatesc. CLICKER QUESTION: Who has the right to dictate whom Persephone marries?i. ANSWER: Zeus, her fatherd. Persephone does not have to spend her whole life in the underworld, only part of the year.i. Reason: Demeter completely withdrew from humankind. She was not allowing their crops to grow.e. The connection of Demeter, Persephone, and Hades has to do with fertility.i. Hades is bestowing fertility upon the earth with a Cornucopia, andDemeter gave us the plow to sow and reapII. Triptolemosa. A king of Eleusis?b. Son of Keleos and Metaneira?c. Someone else?d. Demeter gives him the gift of sowing and reaping and he has to teach the rest of humankind.e. Lots of pictures and artwork of him. i. Chariot ii. Wheat iii. Cult: regular Greek religioniv. Personification of Eleusisf. CLICKER QUESTION: What is an aetiology?i. ANSWER: An explanatory taleIII. Aetiologya. Existence of winter/ seasonsb. Harvestingc. Mystery cult of EleusisIV. Erysichthona. Dryad: spirit of the treei. Pleas to not chop down the tree, if he does she will die. He ignoresher and chops it down anyway. As she is dyeing, she prays to Demeter to curse Erysichthon, and she does.CL_HUM 1060 2nd Editionii. His curse is insatiable hunger.iii. He eats everything in his house. Then sells his daughter to get more food. He continues to eat until there is nothing else to eat.iv. Demeter’s curse comes to a conclusion, and he eats himself.V. Athenaa. Goddess of the WWWi. Wisdomii. Wariii. Weavingb. Latin: Minervai. Also frequently called Pallas and Tritogeneiac. CLICKER QUESTION: Who is Athena’s mother?i. ANSWER: MetisVI. The Birth of Athenaa. Athena is quite literally the daughter of intelligence.i. Metis was the personification of Intelligenceb. Born straight out of Zeus’ headc. Intelligence  wisdomd. Masculine qualitiesVII. Daughter of Zeusa. Stand-in for Zeusi. Helper of heroesii. Wields Zeus’s aegis1. Aegis: Almaltheia’s skin and shield. Snaky, scaly, tassels, gorgon Medusa’s headiii. All artistic depictions:1. Helmet2. Breastplatea. Aegis3. Carrying a shield4. Speara. Even in the depictions of her birthiv. One of the most frequently depicted goddess in Greek art1. Athena and Hercules2. Athena and Theseus3. Athena and PerseusVIII. Athena’s kosmosa. Succession mythb. Zeus is in controlc. Cosmic stability and permanencei. Her birth from Zeus’ head is showing that Zeus did the right thing and figured out how to save the kosmosd. CLICKER QUESTION: Who was buried under the volcano Mount Athena?i. Answer: TyphoiosCL_HUM 1060 2nd EditionIX. Athena’s Domainsa. Tactical/rational side of wari. Tactical combatb. Women’s craftsi. Weavingii. Spinningc. Some male craftsi. Wood-working1. Ship building2. Chariot buildinga. Can be directly connected to Athena’s domain over tactical warfared. CLICKER QUESTION: The roman name of Poseidon is?i. ANSWER: