CLA204H5 Lecture Notes - Amphiaraus, Nycteus, Sophocles
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Enjoyed brief time of power but mythic traditions are far more genuine then athenian and are traced back to mycenaean period. Sent to find sister and told not to come back till her finds her and he gives up. Goes to delphi and is told to give up on that quest and be a culture hero instead. Told to follow a cow and where she lays, build a town there. Decides to sacrifice cow to athena and he sets out his men and they find a spring and turns out it was belonged to ares. Spring guarded by dragon and killed them but hen cadmus killed the dragon and athen told him to take the teeth of the dragon and sew into ground. Committed hubris: though he followed athena"s instructions, killed ares" dragon. Made cadmus do penance for 8 years and ares eventually rewards him by giving him spouse:
