GRST 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Spartoi

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRST 209
• Professor: Amber Porter

Document Summary

Knowledge through suffering and spiritual enlightenment (always suffers) either literal or symbolic. Theban foundation myths: cadmus and the dragon: Europa (eastern greek princess) and the bull, zeus transform into a white pure bull to approach europa & takes to crede, the kings makes. Europa"s (cid:271)rothers to go fi(cid:374)d her & (cid:271)rothers do(cid:374)"t go (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause they are afraid that they"ll (cid:271)e pu(cid:374)ished and goes to oracle at delphi. Ora(cid:272)le at delphi, tells hi(cid:373) that europa is lo(cid:374)g go(cid:374)e, you (cid:449)o(cid:374)"t fi(cid:374)d her, find a special cow & when it lays down sacrifice the cow for apollo. Serpent/ dragon (take the dragon teeth and plant it into the ground, men sewed, autochthonous pop up) spartoi. Harmonia, gets a wife named haronmia, and becomes king and queen: zethus and amphion. 2 finds out the truth avenge their mother (ties the step mother to a bull), and the twins becomes the to become king of thebe,