CLA204H1 Lecture 6: CLA204 Lecture 6 Notes
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Greek heroes ii perseus, jason & the argonauts, meleager, orpheus. Myth revolved around mycenaean greece: argos, mycenae, tiryns cities of the argolid, athens theseus, boeotia thebes, calydon place in argolid meleager. Perseus argolid takes over tiryns as his kingdom: corinth jason ends up here after his quest medea, crete. Argolid northeaster peloponnese important in mycenaean culture and. Mycenae is associated with riches mycenaean road system (across the. Mycenae shaft grave dug into ground many important finds have been discovered from shaft tombs. Beehive association), atreidae/atreids (descendants of atreus associated with shaft graves latter group) Perseus most prominent hero in earlier generations the slaying of the. Gorgon best instance of folktale in greek myth (already told in mycenaean period) Mother of perseus dana means danaan maiden important feature is her danaan origin (may or may not have included her father acrisius) father of dana may have been added later to attribute perseus to argos.
