CLAS104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Oedipus The King, Laius, Polynices
4 Apr 2016
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Usual version of the myth zeus, disguised as a bull, took her to crete. Killed the serpent at the watering hole, took its teeth and sowed them into the ground: spartoi became the descended noble families of thebes. Cadmus became king of illyrians, at the end of their lives, both were turned into great harmless serpents. Cadmus" successor was grandson pentheus, son of agave. New dynasty was founded by labdacus, possibly grandson of cadmus. Lyrus, great-great-uncle of laius 1st assumed the regency and then made himself king, reigning for 20 years son of chthonius a spartoi. Ovid and the iconography of the rape of europa: Riding side-saddle, grasps a horn with her lef hand, which seems the obvious choice, since in the most visual representaions of the story in aniquity. Appears calm as she steadies herself with a hand on the bulls back.
