CLT 3370 Lecture 7: Mythology wk 7
5 Oct 2016
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A phys place, communicating w/the upper world: grk: the mythical country of the cimmerians, roman: avernus lake. The soul is separated from the corpse but retains the shape of the person (shadow) A multi-headed dog who guards the gates of the underworld: usually 3 heads, a serpent for a tail and snakes protruding from his body, son of the multi snake-headed typhon, brother of. In the aeneid, the sibyl throws cerberus a loaf laced w/honey and herbs to induce sleep, allowing aeneas to enter the underworld. In dante alighieri"s inferno, cerberus tears to pieces those who have succumbed to gluttony. Visible both in the living world and the underworld. Named after styx, a goddess who sided w/zeus against the titans. Men and gods would swear oaths upon styx. Achilles was dipped in the waters of the river, acquiring invulnerability, w/exception of his heel: acheron. It flows in the opp direction of oceanus, beneath the earth.
