GRST 209 Lecture 14: GRST 209 - 10 Feb Wed

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRST 209
• Professor: Bryan Natali

Document Summary

Tiryns perseus was king of tiryns when he founded mycenae. Argos is not an important city in bronze age, but often is confused in myth with mycenae which was. The river god inachus and melia parents of io. Io ancestor of 3 great dynasties: the houses of argos, crete & Zeus" passion and hera"s jealousy (spots mysterious cloud) (zeus seduces io, goes up to clouds, hera notices that, whilst she is coming, Zeus turns io into a cow , and she asks him to give the cow to her as a present. Tells argus (100-eyed monster) to watch over her. Zeus tells hermes to bring the cow back. Hermes makes argus" eyes fall into a sleep, and then cuts him. Hera sends a fly (to curse her) that follow the cow that follows and stings her nonstop) She starts wandering around ionian sea, byzantium the.