CLASS 4960 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Deianira, Cretan Bull, Capture Of Oechalia
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Class of extraordinary humans (sometimes descended from a god + mortal= Not always like modern idea of a hero. Not always models of virtue, sacrifice, fair play, etc. Amphitryon: may not marry alcmene until he avenges the deaths of her brothers. Makes their night together 3 times as long. The real amphitryon returns victorious the next night. The man descended from me who is born today will rule all those around him". Speed up the birth of eurystheus (zeus" great-grandson) Thus, eurysthesus will fulfill zeus" prophecy, not heracles. Atonement: servitude to eurystheus (now a powerful king) Assigned by eurystheus, heracles" master for 12 years. Hercules uses the dead lions own claws to flay its skin. When heracles kills one hydra head, two grow back. Heracles dips his arrows in the hydra"s poisons blood. Sacred to artemis; tracks it for a year. Opens giant jar of wine owned by all centaurs. Heracles fights them off, pursues them all over greece.
