CLAA06H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Stymphalian Birds, Iphitos, Sea Monster
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Stheno and euryale are immortal, medusa is not. Their look turns to stone: perseus beheads medusa while looking in reflection of shield. From medusa"s severed neck spring her children by poseidon pegasos & chrysaor: perseus escapes from the gorgon sisters with his winged sandals, quest completed! In penance perseus gives up throne of argos and exchanges it for throne of tiryns: he also founded mycenae a local hero of the argive plain. The secret message: hero, bellerophon is set impossible" task to try and kill him, but helped by the gods, given pegasus winged horse (hesiod, fights chimera (iliad & hesiod, fights solomoi (iliad, fights amazons (iliad) Herakles: alcmena was wife of amphitryon who had been banished from mycenae and come to. Thebes after killing his uncle: zeus desired alcmena, so appeared to her as her husband for sex. Alcmena was pregnant with twin sons one child of zeus, other child of.
