CLAS 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Tiryns, Acrisius, Atlas Mountains
15 Dec 2019
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Helped by others (divine aid) to complete his - quests/ 6 labours. Know the stories of the heroes perseus and belerophontes. How does the story of perseus compare with heracles" or theseus" when thinking of a typical. Acrisios, king of argos, father of danae. Acrisios goes to the oracle and hears that from his daughter a male child would be born , would grow up to kill him. He puts his daughter in a bronze palace below ground so that she can never get pregnant, stays a virgin and the succession tale can never come into fruition. Most common tradition: zeus comes to her in the form of a golden. Shower: zeus transformed himself into gold, flowed downthrough the ceiling into danae"s lap and had intercourse with her. Always a nurse near by (the woman"s confidant) nurse later killed by acrisios bc he heard perseus" voice while he was playing he was a well kept secret before that.
