1. 1/17 ZEUS AND THE CREATION OF MAN

2. TITANOMACHY machy= battle (Greek machos) Zeus (and allies) vs. Cronos and the Titans The Fall of the Titans, Cornelis van Haarlem, 1588

3. TITANOMACHY Zeus’ Side Hestia Demeter Hera Hades Poseidon Themis Prometheus Cyclopes Forge Zeus’ lightning Hecatonchires Throw rocks @ Titans Cronos’ Side All the other Titans Incl. Atlas

4. GIGANTOMACHY Zeus (and allies) vs. the Giants “Giant” from “Gegeneis” (Greek ge= earth, genos=birth) Born from earth and Ouranos’ blood Athena killing Giants, Altar of Pergamon

5. ZEUS VS. TYPHOEUS Typhoeus: dragon-like sea monster Sky god vs. Sea monster motif Historical implications? Importation of Zeus into Greece? Nature vs. Culture?

6. CREATION OF MAN Prometheus Uses earth and water Makes man in image of gods Humans raise their face to the sky to look at the gods, other animals look at the ground (aetiological)

7. HESIOD’S CREATION OF MAN Golden Age Silver Age Bronze Age Age of Heroes Iron Age “No work, no worries” 100 year-old babies Violent deeds of Ares Trojan War “All work, no play…”

8. ZEUS VS. PROMETHEUS Meeting at Mecone Pile 1: Meat, innards, hide, etc. Pile 2: Bones and fat Result: Humans must offer bones and fat of sacrificial animals to the gods Zeus hides fire from humans Prometheus steals fire from Zeus Prometheus at Rockefeller Center

9. PUNISHMENT OF PROMETHEUS Jacob Jordaens, ca. 1640

10. CREATION OF WOMAN Pandora= “all the gifts” Created/ delivered by: Hephaestus: god of the forge Athena: goddess of wisdom, battle Aphrodite: goddess of love Hermes: messenger god Epimetheus, the dumb brother

11. PANDORA Pithos vs. pyxis Hope remains inside…

12. THE FLOOD Zeus and Lycaon (From Ovid) Lycaon = first werewolf Xenia- Greek concept of hospitality Deucalion: son of Prometheus Pyrrha: daughter of Epimetheus, wife of Deucalion Mt. Parnassus in Boeotia Themis: goddess of justice “Go away from my temple, cover your heads and unloose the fastenings of your garments, and toss the bones of the great mother behind your back.”