CLAS-2701 Lecture 11: Lecure 11 - Theseus
20 Jul 2019
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Problem with heracles: athens in con ict with sparta - peloponnesian wars. Promoted as a new, truly athenian hero. Heracles passes through athens, theseus is their true hero (speci cally athenian) He also connects to a number of other heroes in myth (medea, argonauts, Interacts with some of the labours of heracles : birth of theseus: Another problem, child likely to be killed, why he doesn"t bring him back with him and waits until the child is of age. Theseus is told who his father is at age 15. Travels to athens with tokens (moves them out from under the rock) Kill various local adits + monsters on the way - while heracles is prisoner in asia. Sciron - hero of megara (hero in megarian legend) Method of sciron: forces victims to was his feet, kicks them into the sea. Victim must t it (get stretched out if they"re too short, too long get chopped up)
