GRST 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Boeotia, Sicyon, Cadmea

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

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Cadmeia which he founded: weddi(cid:374)g gift: cursed necklace made by hephaestus and given by aphrodite, all (cid:449)ho o(cid:449)(cid:374)ed it i(cid:374) later ge(cid:374)eratio(cid:374)s e(cid:374)ded up (cid:271)adl(cid:455): Agav tore her son pentheus to pieces. Auto(cid:374)o "s so(cid:374) a(cid:272)taeo(cid:374) was devoured by his hounds: cad(cid:373)us a(cid:374)d har(cid:373)o(cid:374)ia left the(cid:271)es, upon their death, they were turned into serpents and lived forever in the. Later her uncle (lycus), on the orders of her father, made war on sicyon, took antiop prisoner and brought her back to. Amphion = artistic musician: the (cid:271)rothers set out to (cid:271)uild the(cid:271)es" fortifi(cid:272)atio(cid:374)s: Amphion played the lyre and the stones spontaneously arranged themselves into the walls: a(cid:373)phio(cid:374) (cid:373)arried niob . Zethus married theb after whom he named the city of thebes: the(cid:271)es has t(cid:449)o fou(cid:374)datio(cid:374) stories one about foundation of the acropolis, the cadmeia o(cid:374)e a(cid:271)out the lo(cid:449)er (cid:272)it(cid:455)"s (cid:449)alls.