CLAS 1P97 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Polynices, Origin Myth, Boeotia
9 Feb 2016
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A corinthian hero who was exiled after he killed a relative. In argos, the king"s wife tried to seduce him. He spurned her so she told her husband he had tried to rape her. King lobates decided to get rid of bellerophon this way. Granted the use of pegasus by the gods. After this bellerophon was felled when he tried to get pegasus to fly to. Hubris willful violence, pride, going to far - leads to . Greeks see powerful individuals (heroes & kings especially) as vulnerable to ate and this cycle. Important in the bronze age: 1300 bce. Got a message from apollo ( zeus) saying give up the search for your sister . Where it lies down, there you should build your new city. Cadmus killed it after it killed some of his men. He became a type of st. george figure in later legend. Cadmus collected its teeth and vowed to do penance to ares.
