Classical Studies 2200 Lecture 10: week 10
24 Aug 2016
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He moves a boulder, uncovering the sword and sandals left there by aegeus. He travels to athens to claim his inheritance. On the way, he rids the road of threats (listed in the text) He is persecuted by aeugeus" new wife, medea. King minos demands regular sacrifice of 14 athenian youths to minotaur in labyrinth. Athenian craftsman and inventor, living in crete. Designs the labyrinth to contain the minotaur. Advises ariadne about clew of thread: clew = ball of thread. In return for her help, theseus agrees to take her home to athens as his bride. That theseus suffers from his forgetfulness as much as she has suffered from his doing. Theseus seduces/abducts the amazon queen (antiope or hippolyta: their son is hippolytus. Great battle on the areopagus: hill of ares . Painted on stoa poikile and elsewhere (amazons dressed as persians) Aphrodite"s revenge: phaedra falls in love with theseus" son, hippolytus. He refuses her and cruelly insults her.
