CLST 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Greek Hero Cult, Polynices, Odysseus
19 Mar 2017
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Leading city of boeotia founded by cadmus (not the egyptian thebes, but in central greece) historically more important than athens. Thebes destroyed by alexander the great and was never a leading city again mythically one of the most important cities. Cadmus was the brother of europa who went looking for her to the oracle of delphi. The oracle tells him to instead found a city near by names iyt thebes because the first people from there sprouted from the ground like ants. Apoikia is the colony and the decision to found one must be endorsed by the. Colony founder = oikistes appointed by the oracle. Cadmus marries harmonia (daughter of ares and aphrodite) ino, semele, Cadmus and harmonia wander northward and are turned into serpents by. Cadmus" grandson is pentheus and laius (young king) is also a relation. Laius is exiled to elis and is taken in by king pelops abduction and rape of son.
