CLAS 160D2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Rhadamanthus, Odysseus, Cocytus
9 Oct 2016
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People invested a lot in tombs display of wealth and power even after death. Don"t even have to be that rich. People were buried with weaponry and jewelry. Buried w/ your stuff and family family could also take some of the stuff. Swords were bent/destroyed because they believed it had a spirit. Heros get to hang with cronus, hades gets the rest of the people. Persephone is his queen for a year. The land of hades was across from sicily. 5 rivers of hades: styx: hate, acheron: woe, lethe: forgetfulness, cocytus: wailing, pyriphlegethon: fire. The families would often put coins in the deceased mouths in order to ensure that they had safe passage with him. The furies: created from uranus"s genitals; they punish those who swear false promises and god"s. The 3 judges: aiakos/aeacus: held keys, judge of. Europe: rhadamanthys: judge of europe, minos: had the final vote.
