CLT 3370 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Acrisius, Lerna, Heraion Of Argos
29 Oct 2016
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Center of power and wealth during the bronze age founded by perseus. Near the sea, port that might have served mycenae. Priestess of (eraeum (cid:523)at (era"s most famous temple(cid:524) Zeus lusted after her, surrounded her in mist. Zeus turned io into a cow to hide his affair but hera knew already. Hera asked for the cow as a gift and zeus could not decline. Hera tied cow to olive tree and made the 100 eyed monster, argos, watch over her. Zeus made hermes( god of stealth and thieves) save io. Hermes pretended to be a shepherd and sung a lullaby, when argos fell asleep he cut off his head. Thus, (ermes" name argeiphontes (cid:523)killer of argos) (era put argos" eyes on her favorite bird, the peacock. Io was free but hera still tormented her by sending a gadfly after her. Io started wandering to escape it and the lands she crossed became known as.
