CLAS104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Sea Monster, Phorcys, Serifos
5 Aug 2015
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=has magical element (bag that expands that holds anything, and invisible helmet) =a demi-god. and heroes always lead to tragedy and tension with gods except for perseus. Perseus: birth and childhood, birth: acrisius (king of argos) consulted with an oracle for male heir. Oracle tells him he will have a heir but it will be his grandson but he will kill him. Acrisius locked danae in a bronze chamber and looked her in. Zeus fell in love with danae and makes himself into golden rain inside the chamber and impregnated her. Danae had a son and kept him a secret for 4 years but was found out because he was too noisy. Acrisius decided to expose both the child and danae by locking them in a box and pushed into the sea since technically they don"t want to directly murder them.
