CLAS 203 Lecture Notes - Aegeus, Rhadamanthus, Pirithous
11 Mar 2013
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After theseus slays the minotaur, he returns to find out that his father is dead. Theseus also slays the 50 sons of pallas. Antiope (queen of amazon, and will be mother of hippolotus) and amazonomachy. Theseus and pirithous: helen of sparta, katabasis. Death: scyros (island) the king of the island throws him off the cliff because he was scared theseus would try to take power away from him. Religious artifacts: images of bulls, goddesses (fertility) No original cretan myths, only greek myths about crete. Greek myth: evil king overthrown by wandering hero who wins love of princess. The line of io: epaphus in egypt. The abduction of europa by zeus: crete. Minos (claims kingship of crete because a bull came out of the sea), rhadamanthys, Pasiphae"s passion for bull; daedalus (skilled and inventive athenian craftsman who was in exile in crete for killing his nephew, perdrix) Birth of the minotaur; mino has daedalus build a labyrinth, to hide the minotaur.
