culture Flashcards
The centrauromachy
1st generation of people
Ixion
Killed his father in law and was exiled. Goes mad and was seen as unclean in the eyes of the Greeks. (He was a bad host and had bad hospitality.)
Zeus & Ixion
Zeus invited Ixion to dine with the Gods. Ixion decided to flirt with Hera. Zeus made a cloud form of Hera to see what Ixion would do; Ixion slept with the cloud and had a baby that is half horse, half human.
Hera
Goddess of Women and Marriage. Also Zeus Wife.
Centarus
Ixion half horse, half human baby that he made with the cloud form of Hera.
Pirithous
Ixion’s first son (Full human). He is the half brother of Centarus
Pirithous’s Wedding
He and to invite Centarus because they were half brothers. Centarus and the rest of the half horse, half humans came to wedding, drank wine for the first, and chaos was unleashed.
The Roman Cena
Lasted all night - 5pm to midnight
Tons of people came
Guest laid on lectus - couch
In the middle were mensae
The Roman Marriage
Begins with the sabine women
Romulus promises them citizenship, property, and children.
Matrimonium
Institution of motherhood (mater)