CLST 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Proxeny, Polis
23 Oct 2016
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Clst 102 oct 11th lecture 11. Three groups: (1) friends, (2) enemies, and (3) outsiders. People who had done some harm in the past, their family and friends. The consequences of an extreme polarization between friends and enemies: the dissolution of the community. A case of public vengeance: a whole community takes revenge on her enemies. An extreme case of revenge: a betrayed wife of the myth. : medeia of colchis: she falls in love with jason, a greek hero from iolchus who has come to. Colchis with a group of heroes (the argonauts, from the name of their ship argos) to take the. Golden fleece, as requested by the king of iolchus to give the throne to jason. Jason managed to take the fleece in spite of the giant snake that was guarding it thanks to medeia, who was a skilled magician. She also saved him several times and helped him take the throne.
