CLA204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Trachis, Stymphalian Birds, Minoan Civilization
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Protagonists of legends are human characters, chiefly heroes, tell stories of the human. Legends: the stuff of heroes past that reflect the heroism of others. Great strength and is a menane is his compatriots as well as others. Quest- help from the gods- returns home- rewarded. Zeus hides from hera that"s why he shape shifts so often. King of tiryns- early bronze age site of mycenaean"s in the argive plain of greece. He was conceived in a golden shower. Medusa"s head may not have been a part of the original story of perseus. Freud: medusa"s head is the female pudenda (genitals) Wasn"t always good - ill tempered, brutish, buffoon like, gluttonous. Still admired and venerated for his heroism. Son of zeus and alcmena (great granddaughter) The 12 labours in order to resonate his sin. The underworld is accessed through the atlantic ocean. He trades places with atlas who now holds the world.
