CLA204H1 Lecture 6: CLA204- Lecture 6, Some Heroes
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A greek hero usually has some kind of divine lineage. Gets told something by oracle to aegeus. His son must not know who his father is until the son can lift the rock and get the sandal and sword and go meet him. Aethra sleeps with both aegeus and poseidon. He can go from the sea (easy) or the land (hard) Theseus takes the club from the guy (symbol) Theseus kills him in the same way (tying him to pines and dismembering him) He would ask travelers to wash his feet and kick them into the sea and get eaten by a giant turtle. Tall; little bed, cuts you until you fit. Theseus kills all these dangers to travelers in the same manner in which they are dangerous. Media is wise and instantly knows who he is. She doesn"t want him to be there because she wants her son to take the throne.
