CLA 2323 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Iobates, Serifos, Pentheus
14 Sep 2016
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Cla 2323: readings and study guide for the final exam -30% Saturday april 13th, 2013 from 9:30 - 12:30. Kadmos: founder of thebes, son of agneor (king of phoenicia). He was told to find a cow and go where it rest. He wanted to thank the gods by sacrificing the cow, in order to do this he has to find sacred water (ares" water), a serpent guarded it and kadmos killed it. Athena told him to take the teeth and plant it in the ground, warriors were born. Athena also told him to throw a stone, this caused them to attack each other and 5 survived (ancestors of thebans spartoi ) He was allowed to marry harmonia daughter or ares and aphrodite 5 children. Children: ino (driven mad), semele (struck by thunderbolt), autonoe and ague (mother of doomed aktaion and pentheus) Dionysos: semele and zeus were lovers, struck her by accident.
