What does Zeus attitude about Lycaons crime reveal about the development of Greek religion?
gbeatty Teacher College – Freshman A good and tough question. Remember that Ovid was writing for readers who would likely know the core stories he was telling, and so they’d be able to fill in the background when he just sketches a bit of the story, as he does here. To see this, you’d need to recognize that Lycaon served Zeus a meal where the meat was, well, human. Zeus rejected it, disgusted, and punished him fiercely, turning him into a wolf. What this says about Greek religion is mostly that the rejection of human sacrifice marks a major turning point in both ethical action expected of humans and in the nature of sacrifice one makes to the gods. To kill humans is to become inhuman, in this case literally. It also marks a kind of psychological savvy that marks Greek myth, in that it gives us a metaphor for the killer: the wolf, the lone wolf who savages a pack he should protect. Greg Rate answer: $(‘#aScore-267’).istars(setAnswerRating); Flag as inappropriate Posted by gbeatty on Sat
gbeatty Teacher College – Freshman Editor Emeritus Debater Scribe $(document).ready(function() { $(‘a.toggle_expert_titles’).click(function() { $(‘#show_expert_titles’).toggle(); return false; }); }); A good and tough question. Remember that Ovid was writing for readers who would likely know the core stories he was telling, and so they’d be able to fill in the background when he just sketches… (The entire answer is 160 words.) This is an expert answer, written by an eNotes editor. To read the entire answer, please join eNotes. Rate answer: $(‘#ascore-267’).istars(setAnswerRating); Flag as inappropriate Posted by gbeatty on Saturday February 3, 2007 at 4:13 PM revolution Teacher Doctorate Expert $(document).ready(function() { $(‘a.toggle_expert_titles’).click(function() { $(‘#show_expert_titles’).toggle(); return false; }); }); Well, I thought his name was Jove not Zeus but nevermind, I will stick with the name “Jove”. After witnessing terrible destruction caused by the Giants’ uprisi
