CLASSIC 30 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Greek Hero Cult, Sophocles, Gospel Music
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Discuss the worship of greeks heroes at so called hero-cult shrines, using oedipus at colonus as an example. Perform a comparative analysis of certain elements of the oedipus myth with the new testament account of. It"s a way of a rming your links to these people rea rming ties to community and celebrating lineage. Note: assigned readings for friday not going to be on the midterm will be tested in section tuesday. Friday"s lecture will be fair game for the midterm most of midterm- readings but do expect a fair amount of lecture material in the multiple choice short answer or connection to. The sphinx"s riddle talks about the mobility of a human through their life time. In oedipus at colonus- he"s old and decrepit not like in oedipus the king the infancy of the gods is very di erent from humans. Hermes, baby but full intelligence same with apollo and athena.
