CLASS 40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Golden Fleece, Phrixus, Athamas
11/06/17
Semonides
views women as a plague created by Zeus
➔disturb the mental tranquillity of men
caricatures women in terms of eight animal types
➔continually yapping bitch
➔filthy and disorderly sow
➔sly and manipulative vixen
➔overly proud mare
➔thieving hedonistic ferret
➔busy and industrious bee
◆Only one worthy of praise
➔lazy and insensitive women made from the earth
➔temperamental women made from the sea
Medea
Medea’s husband, Jason, marred Glauke
➔Daughter of Creon
◆King of Corinth
Medea is banished with her two sons
➔Swears bloody revenge
➔Convinces Creon to let her stay one for day
◆Plots her revenge
Aegeus, king of Athens grants her safe harbor
➔In return, she cures is sterility
Medea tricks Jason into thinking she is fine with his new marriage
➔Begs him to ask Glaude to let her stay in Corinth
➔Gives Jason a gown and crown to give to Glauke
◆Both are cursed
Messenger tells Medea what has happened
➔Glauke put on the gown and crown and caught on fire
➔Creon jumped onto her body and died too
➔Now that those two are gone, Medea decides to finish her revenge with her
children
Medea struggles against her motherly instincts in killing her sons
➔Ultimately decides her revenge is more important
➔She kills her sons with a sword
➔Jason arrives too late to save his sons
➔Medea leaves into the sky in a chariot drawn by dragons with her sons
➔Jason curses her and she curses him too
◆He begs to bury his sons but Medea refuses and triumphantly flies away
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Document Summary
Semonides views women as a plague created by zeus. Disturb the mental tranquillity of men caricatures women in terms of eight animal types. Lazy and insensitive women made from the earth. Convinces creon to let her stay one for day. Aegeus, king of athens grants her safe harbor. Medea tricks jason into thinking she is fine with his new marriage. Begs him to ask glaude to let her stay in corinth. Gives jason a gown and crown to give to glauke. Glauke put on the gown and crown and caught on fire. Creon jumped onto her body and died too. Now that those two are gone, medea decides to finish her revenge with her children. Medea struggles against her motherly instincts in killing her sons. Ultimately decides her revenge is more important. She kills her sons with a sword. Jason arrives too late to save his sons.
