GRST 209 Chapter Chapter 14: Perseus and Myths of the Argive Plains
22 Feb 2016
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Argive plain contains tiryns, mycenae, and argos. But argos was added later, and was not important during the bronze age. Perseus was king of tiryns when he found mycenae. Hermes came and killed argus. her constantly: io was free, but hera sent a gadfly to torment her and sting, io then wandered around greece. Byzantium, through the bosporus cow crossing. she finally became human in egypt when zeus touched her: she was also pregnant at this time so her son, epaphus, or. He who has been touch became a king of egypt. Epaphus married memphis, and has one daughter, libya. Aegyptus who rules arabia, and danaus, who rules libya. Aegyptus has 50 sons, and danaus has 50 daughters (the two more sons: Aegyptus proposes that his 50 sons marry danaus" 50 daughters, but the danaids flee to prevent the marriage. They all get married anyway so danaus gives his daughters a knife to kill their husband.
