CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Laius, Cadmea, Polynices
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Lecture 8: thebes and the house of atreus. On exam don"t do bullet points, explain/elaborate (e. g. deinaria = describe what she looks like, how she"s dressed, etc) Cadmeia = citadel of thebes: cadmus = related to europa. (tyre) her brother. His ancestors are semele (who gave birth to dionysus), Pentheus (spargmous = act of ripping apart he literally got ripped apart) and laius + jocasta + oedipus. Cadmus was tasked by his father, agenor to get europa back. Europa is the reason that cadmus starts his quest and founded thebes. Moved on from the europa story and moves onto cadmus. He ends up at delphi to find the oracle and asks how to find his sister. He sacrificed the cow to the goddess athena, he asked his attendants to achieve water to wash away the blood. Before the serpent died, the serpent spoke of a prophecy.
