CLAS104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Spartoi, Baby Daddy, Chthonius
22 Sep 2016
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Theban saga apotheosis: heroes are turned into gods. Cadmus sees a cow unattended outside the temple of apollo, so he followed this cow. The cow eventually laid down, and the place where it laid down was where cadmus established his city (thebes) Most killed each other off eventually though, except for five the five remaining spartoi became the head of the aristocratic families of thebes. Greeks said that he brought writing, burial practice, and architectural know-how to build cities! Greek culture stems from the east! family of cadmus: Recall that she"s the offspring of ares and. Aphrodite (so in many stories, she"s actually considered a god) daughters: semele, agave, autonoe, ino recall that semele is mother of dionysus who was actually burned to a crisp by zeus! Agave is mother of pentheus who got ripped to shreds since agave was driven crazy by dionysus.
