HUMA 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Eurystheus, Classical Antiquity, Augeas
28 Sep 2020
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Apollodrus wrote in a systematic way but is fragmented. Hesiod and homer beginning of classical antiquity period. Romans becoming major political force overtaking the greeks. When one tells a story it helps memorise but not so good when writing something down. Apollodrus said to study at great library of alexandria. Apollodrus goes to athens after issues in 146 with romans. Was deaerating for century"s but major thing was caesar burning some of it down around 48 bce. After eight years and one month, after performing ten superhuman labors, he was still not off the hook. Eurystheus demanded two more labors from the hero, since he did not count the hydra or the augean stables as properly done. Eurystheus commanded hercules to bring him golden apples which belonged to. Zeus"s wedding gift, so surely this task was impossible. Hercules" first problem was that he didn"t know where the garden was.
