CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Tmolus, Clytemnestra, Odysseus
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It is not niobe that dies but all her children, they are attacked by apollo and artemis" arrows: her husband commits suicide, punishment of hubris, she turns into a rock. In her grief she can"t move, and cries. He hangs out in the woods because he has learned money isn"t everything. In the woods, he hangs out with pan, who is a god even though he is half-goat: pan looks like a satyr but isn"t, he is the god of shepherds and mountains, midas is a follower of pan. He plays the pan pipes: one day pan has a music competition with apollo. Arachne: human girl from lydia, her father dyed wool, not a princess, regular girl, gains prominence because of her weaving skill, even the nymphs would come to watch her weave. In the corners, she weaves contests between humans and gods. She depicts the good side of gods: arachne weaves the bad sides of gods.
