Week 4 Flashcards
what does prometheus and epimetheus mean
“forerunner”
“afterlearner or dummy”
prometheus parents
iapetus and clymene
prometheus tricks zeus
arranges portion of ox for zeus to choose for sacrifice
zeus picks bones and fat angry that prometheus is trying to trick him
zeus keeps fire from mankind, prometheus steals it back
prometheus punishment
chained to a pillar in the caucaus mountains, an eagle devours his liver every day
who freed prometheus
heracles
who wrote prometheus bound
aeschylus
what does the forerunner tell zeus
that the woman the oracle made a prophecy about is the neried thetis (achilles future mother)
which three works did aeschylus write
prometheus bound, unbound, and fire-bringer
who wrote prometheus unbound in the 19th century
percy bysshe shelley
what is frankenstein’s alternate title
modern prometheus
hesiod theogony version 1 of pandora
more concerned with mecone, her being created is the punishment, not opening jar
gold age
time of kronos, no old age, died as if sleeping, became spirits
silver age
olympian time, were kids for 100 years, grew up and didn’t worship the gods so got rid of them, still honored
bronze age
made from ash, terrible warriors like ares, destroyed by their own hands, went down into hades upon death
heroes age
zeus made valiant demigods, destroyed by battle, went to the isle of the blessed ruled over by cronus
iron age
worst age, made by zeus, evil will prevail and the race will be destroyed
where do the gods meet to debate sacrifice
mecone
parents of io and her decendants dynasties
inachus and melia
thebes, crete, and argos
argus
child of gaia, sent by hera to watch over io so she did not escape, 100 eyes, never slept
who slayed argus
hermes dresses as shepherd, sings to sleep and cuts of his head. Argus’s eyes placed in tail of a peacock
what does hera send to torment io once she is free
a gadfly
aeschylus themes in prometheus bound
tyranny and friendship, trickery and intelligence, stubbornness, zeus ultimate plan
io son and what his name means
epaphus (fearless hand)
lyacon myth
(ovid) the gods hear about a wicked king of arcadia, zeus disguises himself to find out. Lyacon tests his divinity and wants to kill him in his sleep, he also tries to trick Zeus into being a cannibal. Zeus is so mad he turns lyacon into a wolf and punishes all of humanity with a flood
flood survivors
deucalion (son of prometheus)
pyrrha (daughter of epimetheus)
deucalion and pyrrha myth
(ovid) both were very pious, they go to oracle because scared when its just them, themis oracle says to throw bones behind their back, pyrrha is scared that it’s evil, deucalion convinces her that bones of earth means just stones, they do it and it makes humans
what does pandora mean
all gifts
works and days pandora
all gods involved, pandora metioned by name, has to actually open jar
