CLA 2323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Divine Twins, Augeas, Acastus

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 2323
• Professor: Efharis Kostala

Document Summary

Overview: a new major topic: the hero in greek mythology. General comments: origins of the greek hero concept, the major ingredients of the typical hero myth, introducing the ancient greek writer. See textbook chart, page 8 (toward the bottom), and page 39 (the irst paragraph). Apollodorus [apollodoros] is the name traditionally given to the author of a greek prose handbook titled the library (greek: bibliotheca) that is, the library or catalogue of mythology. Written perhaps in the early 100s a. d. , the library today supplies a major source for our knowledge of the plots of the greek hero myths. If a hero"s tale isn"t known to us from homer or a handful of other greek poets, then probably we know it from apollodorus. For example, apollodorus is a major source for the story of heracles" labours. The ancient greek word for hero is h r s. That is the singular form; the plural is h r es.