ENGB30 Lecture Notes - Seven Against Thebes, Iphicles, Aegeus
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A name given (as in homer) to men of superhuman strength, courage, or ability, favoured by the gods; at a later time regarded as intermediate between gods and men, and immortal. A man distinguished by extraordinary valour and martial achievements; one who does brave or noble deeds; an illustrious warrior. (def. Heroic age falls at end of bronze age; sometimes listed as its own period in the five (as opposed to four) ages of man. Approximately 6 generations of heroes: generation before argonauts. Aegeus is theseus" mortal father: generation of argonauts. Heracles; jason; theseus; medea; orpheus; peleus; castor & Zeus is the father of castor & pollux (gemini twins); mother is leda. Castor & pollux are suppose to be siblings of helen but they were cast into the second generation: generation of oedipus. Father of the greek expedition: generation of seven against thebes, generation of trojan war. Agamemnon; achilles; odysseus; hector; ajax: generation after trojan war.