CLASSICS 224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Erymanthian Boar, Pythia, Cretan Bull
31 May 2020
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The anti-disney hero: super-strong, homicidal, hypersexualized, crazed. Son of zeus and alcmene (conceived over 3 nights) 50 daughters of king thespios 50 sons. Ordered to serve king eurystheus of tiryns for 12 years 12 labors. Note geographical concentration of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6. Enslaved to queen omphale of lydia for a year. Wife deianeira ( man-destroyer ) gives heracles a poisoned robe. Heracles burned by poison, climbs atom flaming pyre, carried to olympus. Pindar: heracles is heros theos: hero and og . Kings of sparta, corinth, argos, and other cities of. Later kings and emperors represent selves as heracles. Double-father: king aegeus of athens and poseidon. Don"t loosen the jutting foot of the wineskin until you reach athens . Aithra sleeps with poseidon on same night. Theseus the striver: consciously jealous, emulates heracles. Uses their own signature methods against sinis, Like heracles, takes trophy from first kill: a club. Tries to poison theseus, last minute recognition by.
