week 3 cont.

January 31, 2007

Homeric Hymns:

• Written down sometime between 8th and 6th Century BCE
• Eumba (Baubo) "The Metamorphosis of Baubo"
• 2000 BCE- Persephone was abducted (the myth anyway)
• nar(sleep)cissus- the flower that looks like Persephone (the flower-faced child)
• eating: nectar and ambrosia

"The gods neither eat bread nor drink wine, and that is why they are bloodless. Instead they drink and eat Nectar and Ambrosia, and their blood is called Ichor [see below]. So, for example Leto did not give Apollo her breast, but Themis poured nectar and ambrosia with her hands." ~ Carlos Parada

• the mother, the daughter and the crone are all one
• 'the White Goddess'
• Helios= the sun
• Demeter has the power of agriculture, and the seasons

Hot 'older' ladies:

1)Cher

2)Kim Cattrall

3)Sophia Loren

4)Elizabeth Tayor?

5)Susan Sarandon

6)Julie Andrews

• It is very difficult for mortals to see gods and goddesses because we are not trained to see them
• Demeter and the nanny from 'The Hand that Rocks the Cradle'

• The Demon Lover: the devil, the abductor