Zeus Ktêsios Possessions Agathos Daimôn Zeus Meilikhios FertilityChildren Hestia Zeus Ephestios Hearth AMPHIDROMIA Hearth fire as transformative Myths ID: 748555
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LOCAL PIETYSlide2
o
ikos
Zeus Ktêsios (Possessions)Agathos DaimônZeus Meilikhios (Fertility/Children)HestiaZeus Ephestios (Hearth) Slide3
AMPHIDROMIA
Hearth
fire as transformative:
• Myths of “immortalization” (Achilles, Demophoön)• RawCooked : NatureCulture : StrangeFamiliar
:
OtherSelf• Amphidromia ritualSlide4
Threshold
Zeus
Herkeios
(Fence)HermesHekateApollo Agyieus (Street)Slide5
Female Rites of Passage
AGE
ROLE
DEITY[youngest]tending hearth
Hestia
7
arrhephoros
(“dew-carrier”)
Athena
Parthenos
10
aletris
(“grinder”)
Athena
10-14
arktos
(“bear”)
Artemis
Brauronia
14
kanephoros
(“basket-carrier”)
Athena
Polias
15+
marriage
Hera
GamostolosSlide6
Rites of Passage
ARTEMIS
APHRODITE
HERAvirginitysexual activitymarriage, childbirthgirlkorê
/
nympha
womangynêwomangynêSlide7
Marriage
1
.
Proaulia2. Gamos3. EpauliaSlide8
NymphSlide9
Kinds of Space
NATURE
wilderness
uncultivated, “raw”NYMPHSgardenself-cultivated, “self-cooked”CULTUREfarm
cultivated,
“cooked”
Garden of the Nymphs
kêpos
nymphôn
•
sacralization
of nature
•
sexualization
(
kêpos
,
leimôn
,
pedion
)
of nature
•idealization of marriage
•nymphs vs.
Artemesian
nymphsSlide10
Nymphs, Apollo, PanSlide11
Cave of Pan, North Slope of
AkropolkisSlide12
Pan
•idealization of primal space
•proto-civilization harsh and
pristine•celebration of male virility•myths of sexual aggression•experience of “panic”