CLAS 1P97 Lecture 5: Week 5 Hercules
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Aegean sea: crete to the south and thrace of the north. Cretan bull: heracles recovers minos" bull, another domestic animal that becomes dangerous because of a ruler not doing his job, he led the bull back to the eurystheus. It got away and ended up near athens. It got away and ended up near athens: links theseus to hercules myths links theseus to hercules myths. Mares of diomedes: diomedes is a thracian king, his subjects are occasionally fed to the carnivorous horses. Abderus - battle with diomedes (euripides: heracles founds a city, abdera, in his honour, the horses is dangerous. Alcestis wife of king admetus of thessaly: a parergon = sidedeed. And when she was brought back up into life his husband admetus says wow thanks for the dying for me and i"m so happy that you actually back. Amazons and geryon: eastern and western mediterranean.