CLASSICS 224 Midterm: Midterm 2 Study Guide
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Good of the community, underdog: greek. Elements: obstacle that needs to be overcome, hubris. Imprisoned maiden: imprisoned or endangered, hero has a miraculous survival story, infancy. Survives it: often gifted with a token from a god or goddess, katabasis, hero overcomes death. Going into the land of the dead and coming back alive: mytheme, common occurrences. Acreseus is donnae"s father, king of argos. Acreseus doesn"t have a male heir: delphic oracle, asks what he should do to get a male heir. Responds in saying the child of his daughter will kill him. Hubris: pride, defying your fate as laid out by gods/oracle, delphi oracle says child will kill him, acreseus imprisons dannae. Ombrious (of the rainfaill: rains down on her in a shower of gold, gives birth to perseus. Acreseus freaks out, puts them both in a box and sends them out to ocean: washing ashore on an island, perseus grows up there.
