ENGL 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Odysseus, Ichor, Diadem
19 Apr 2016
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Descendants of the gods, ancestors of the royal families in greece. They sail to a place called aea (means land) The king of aea is ae tes (man of the land) Mysterious land at the edge of the world. List of nearly impossible tasks to accomplish. Hero helped by princess whom he marries. Hellen is the first greek, greece (hellas) takes it"s name from him. He stole her clothing while she was bathing, would only give them back is she married him. Twins > phrixys (boy) and hele (girl) Nephele went back to the sky, he marries ino. Didn"t like her step-children, plotted against them. Convinced all the women to parch their seeds, nothing grew. Athemas went to the oracle, she knew about it and gave him a fake scroll. In order for you to get rid of the famine, you have to sacrifice your son . Nephele looked down and saw what was happening, came to the rescue.
