CLAS 1P97 Lecture 7: Lecture 7
28 Feb 2017
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A voyage of discovery and adventure to the black (euxine) sea. After the flood, they lant at mt. Deaucalion-pyhhra: hellen (ancestor of the hellenes= greeks, aeolus (ancestor of aeolic (=northern) greeks, cretheus, athamas, salmoneus. Tyro had fallen in love with a river god. He and neleus are raised by horse-herders. He violated a shrine to hera in doing this. Later he pu(cid:374)ishes t(cid:455)ro(cid:859)s step(cid:373)other a(cid:374)d takes po(cid:449)er fro(cid:373) aeso(cid:374) He took the throne from aeson (or kept him from becoming king) Neleus fled to messenia in southern greece. Sent away by his parents, aeson and alcimede, for safety. Raised by the good centaur cheiron (chiron) Hera jason helps her cross a river. Pelias has a worrisome oracle: (cid:862)be(cid:449)are the (cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:449)ith o(cid:374)e sa(cid:374)dal(cid:863) Jaso(cid:374)(cid:859)s great u(cid:374)(cid:272)le (cid:894)brother of jaso(cid:374)(cid:859)s gra(cid:374)dfather, cretheus(cid:895) Athamas nephele (cid:894)(cid:858)(cid:272)loud(cid:859) lad(cid:455)(cid:895: phrixus, helle (brother and sister) Nephele sent a golden ram to resuce her children.
