CL_HUM 1060 Lecture 13: Theseus
22 Feb 2017
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Promises to sacrifice it: poseidon sends the bull, minos is made king, but doesn"t sacrifice the bull, poseidon is angry. Taught by athena: nephew perdix invents the saw. Very gifted inventor at a young age: jealous daedalus throws perdix off a tower, daedalus flees to crete. Pasiphae and the bull: pasiphae: wife of minos, poseidon, angry, causes pasiphae to lust after the bull, pasiphae enlists daedalus to help her, daedalus build pasiphae a hollow cow. Birth of the minotaur: pasiphae gives birth to the minotaur. Minotaur: bull of minos: minotaur grows up and shows signs of savagery, daedalus constructs a massive labyrinth to enclose the minotaur. Fate of the bull: heracles"s 7th labor: the cretan bull. Cretan bull is the bull sent to minos by poseidon: heracles captures it and takes it back to eurystheus, heracles releases it in marathon . Labors of theseus: all occur on the road from troezon to athens; six labors , corynetes ( clubber )
