CLASS102 Final: Review of notes taken in the month of November
18 Jan 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Miscellaneous category of myth: doesn"t fit many definitions. Ordinary protagonist: deities in a supporting role. Examples: aesop"s fables, fairytales, oral traditions. Athena (aegis/gorgoneion: kills acrisisus by accident at funeral games (discus/javelin) Bellerophon: pegasus (sprung from the neck of medusa, kills the chimera with melted lead, struck down by zeus for hubris. Procrustes (two beds: medea tries to have theseus killed (marathon bull, poison), Aegeus recognizes him: minotaur, revenge for the death of mino"s son (7 men & women sacrificed, theseus volunteers, ariadne help him, theseus kills minotaur, abandons ariadne on naxos, black sail, aegeus commits suicide (aegean sea) Zeus and alcmena: zeus heracles, amphytrion iphicles. Zeus" prophecy: eurystheus, hera sents 2 serpents to kill twins but heracles kills them (foreshadowing) Murder of linus (music teacher out of frustration) Marriage to megara: for killing lion while sent to guard sheep for previous murder, madness sent by hera (kills wife and children, service to eurystheus as penance for murdering his family.
