ENGB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Iphitos, Tyndareus, Satyr Play
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Heracles after the labours out of agreement (apollodorus pg. (eracles enters and wins archery contest for )ole"s hand, but eurytos backs. Hearcles wrestles death to return admetus"s wife alcestis to life. (eracles kills )phitus, )ole"s brother (cid:523)apollodorus p. (cid:886)(cid:883)(cid:524) (eracles serves as slave to omphale, queen of lydia, to atone for )phitus"s: tries to establish own oracle (apollodorus pg. 41) murder (apollodorus p. 42) (apollodorus p. 41) Heracles invades troy: wants to kill telamon because telamon entered the city before. Heracles (apollodorus p. 42: kills laomedon and saves priam / podarces (apollodorus p. 42) Heracles makes war in the peloponnese: founded olympic games and built 6 altars to 12 gods, establishes nestor (43) and tyndareos (43) as kings. Marriage to deianeira and death (apollodorus pp. 44-45) Summary of the preceding action: admetus has to die but he doesn"t want to and the only one to agree to taking his place is his wife. Figure of admetus: man whose wife dies on his behalf.
