CLAS 1P97 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Tiresias, Eriphyle, Epigoni
28 Feb 2017
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Important in the bronze age c. 1300 bce. A son og agenor, brother of europa. Goes to delphi (cid:862)gi(cid:448)e up the sear(cid:272)h of for your sister (cid:894)ora(cid:272)le fro(cid:373) apollo(cid:895) Where it lies do(cid:449)(cid:374), there you should (cid:271)uild your (cid:374)e(cid:449) (cid:272)ity. Cadmus killed it after it killed some of his men (cid:862)cad(cid:373)us a(cid:374)d the drago(cid:374)(cid:863) Cadmus became a type of st. george figure later in legend. Cadmus collected its teeth and vowed to do penance to ares. These beautify harmonia, but bring misfortune to future generations. The hill of thebes, its acrospolis (high city) Cadmus is most closely associated with the citadel because thebes has another foundation story. Torn apart by his own dogs (artemis turned him into a stag causing them to eat him) Went east but later returned to greece. Accompanied by a group of ecstatic women. He despised dionysus and was torn apart by his mother, agave. Ares turned them into snakes as a reward or a punishment.
