CLASSICS 2B03 Lecture 14: PERSEUS.docx
3 Dec 2014
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Perseus & bellerophon (argos and corinth) october 29th. Acrisius puts mother (dana ) and child in a chest, throws it in the sea. Perseus" challenge: head of a gorgon. Perseus aided by hermes and athena: help perseus to look for the graeae. Special items: cap of invisibility, winged sandals, a wallet (kibisis, scimitar a large curved blade from the east (egyptian, greek, turkish) Medusa: only mortal gorgon because she was turned by athena, gorgon are usually immortal, zeus and gaie gave birth to a female serpent, apollo destroy female serpent at delphi. Pegasus came out of medusa"s body (flying horse, mix of things: mix things are strong and their mix makes them abnormal. Chryasor: father of geryon (one of heracles" labour) Perseus founded race of the middle east (iran and such) Cassiopeia"s boast either that her daughter was more beautiful than aphrodite or her daughter was more beautiful than the sea nymphs (aphrodite or poseidon is angry)
