CLAS 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Vladimir Propp, Asclepius, Ex-Voto
25 Oct 2016
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Zeus"s little helper: also his son (mother = maia) The friendliest of all gods towards men: great powers of communication, offers assistance to tradesman, travelers, merchants, highway men, associated with roads and borders, also accompanies souls to the outer fringes of the underworld. Thought by modern scholars that his role as a messenger god may be derived from the roles of young shepherds as messengers: ability to travel great distances - winged sandals. Son of apollo and a mortal: roman = aesculapius. There are many accounts about the mortal mother - but in all of them, she dies. The baby is thus given to a centaur, who teaches him the arts of medicine and healing. The cap of invisibility (hades" helmet: winged sandals. Enraged, he confronts polydectes: the king refuses to believe that perseus was successful, so perseus shows him the head, turning him and his entourage into stone, perseus eventually returns to argos with his mother.
