CLASSICS 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Determinism, Eteocles, Euripides
24 Oct 2014
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But is not like other heroes in that he does not fight anything; animals, bad guys etc. This is the city where semele lived and dionysos comes back and has the run in with perseus. This is one of the most storied cities. It is found in a lot of myths. Leading city of boeotia (b is the region) Brother of europa princes abducted by zeus as a bull. Told by their father to go find his sister. Goes to greece, cant find her and eventually he goes to the oracle for information. The oracle tells him to give up. His fate is to found a city, not to find his sister. Cadmus told by delphi to found a city. Oracle tells him where to go and he find the plane, and founds the city. She is divine, but not very important. Daughter of ares and aphrodite from affair. Ino, semele, autono , agave (ripped head off pentheus)
