CL_HUM 1060 5th EditionOutline of LectureI. Aphrodite and the Power of Lovea. Loveb. A god whom the entire cosmos fearsi. The whole cosmos fears Love because every being in the cosmos issusceptible to its powerii. The most powerful godiii. Power over Zeusiv. Power over Hadesc. Aspects:i. Anteros (returned love)1. Someone loving you back2. God whom we would pray to if someone has disregarded their loveii. Peitho (persuasion)iii. Pothos (longing)iv. Himeros (desire)v. Eros (love)1. Erotes (plural)II. Aphroditea. No power over only 3 goddesses:i. Artemisii. Athenaiii. Hestiab. CLICKER QUESTION: Who is Aphrodite’s husband?i. ANSWER: HephaestusIII. The Affair with Anchisesa. Humanb. Trojan prince (like Ganymede)c. Mount Idai. Frequent place for divine encountersd. Son: Aineias (Aeneas)i. Important because Aeneas’ descendants will found the city of Romee. Anchises must not brag because if he does Zeus will strike him with a thunderbolti. Inevitable failure: punishment: hit with thunderbolt and becomes crippledf. CLICKER QUESTION: Aphrodite encounters Anchises on which mountain?i. ANSWER: Mount IdaIV. The Story of Adonisa. Smyrna (Myrrha)i. Father: King Theias or Cinyrasb. Mother claims that she is more beautiful than AphroditeCL_HUM 1060 5th Editionc. Other stories: Smyrna failed to worship Aphrodited. Smyrna falls in love with her fatheri. Punishment: related to Aphrodite’s area of powerii. Incest = BAD!! (Societal taboo)e. Smyrna’s nurse sends her into her father’s bedroom when he is drunkf. He wants to know who the girl he has been sharing a bed with is, and he is outraged and chases her with a sword. The gods turn her into a tree, the Myrrh tree.g. Smyrna was pregnant, so now the tree is pregnant. 9 months later, a babyis born. Not just any baby, but the most beautiful baby there ever was and ever will beh. Aphrodite is accidentally struck with one of cupid’s arrows and she falls in love with baby Adonisi. Time sharing of Adonisi. Aphrodite and Persephone1. Zeus’ madate:a. 1/3 Aphroditeb. 1/3 Persephonec. 1/3 Adonis2. Adonis spends his 1/3 with Aphrodite3. Adonis loves hunting; Aphrodite tries to keep him from going but she cannotj. CLICKER QUESTION: Which two goddesses claim Adonis?i. ANSWER: Aphrodite and PersephoneV. The Origin of Sexesa. Once upon a time we were all ball people. 4 arms, 2 heads, 4 legs; two halves joined as one. Some male/female, some male/male, some female/female. We tried to surpass the gods, overthrow them. As punishment, Zeus cut them in 2. This is the origin of attraction, of love, of adoration. This explains why people spend their lives looking for their other half; explains why some men look for men, why some women look for women, and why some men look for women (and vice versa)VI. Apollo and Artemisa. CLICKER QUESTION: What is the Roman name of Hephaestus?i. ANSWER: Vulcanb. Twinsc. Latin: Apollo and Dianad. Mother: Letoi. Minor goddessii. Not an Olympianiii. Latin: Latonaiv. Daughter of two Titanse. Persecution by HeraCL_HUM 1060 5th Editionf. Hera makes the entire earth swear that there will not be a place for Leto to give birthg. Eileithyia (goddess of childbirth) is not presenth. Delosi. Floating island (Not anchored to the ocean floor)ii. Hasn’t sworn oathiii. Originally Leto’s sister Asteria?iv. One single palm tree on the island: now a sacred treev. Artemis is born first: helps her mother deliver her brothervi. Site of the sanctuary that honors Apollo, Artemis, and Letoi. Represent the transitory statesi. Apollo: malesii. Artemis: femalesj. Bow and arrowk. Destroyer and Nurtureri. Artemis: hunting, childbirth, wild animalsii. Apollo: sickness and