HUM-8 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ceryneian Hind, Nemean Lion, Augeas
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Other heroes might have a specific affinity with a specific city. According to hesiod"s, the shireld of heracles zeus seduced the mortal alcmene, who was married to the mortal amphitryon. Alcmena gave birth to heracles who are a demi-god. Heracles is not mortal but not immortal, somewhere in between. Greek vocab for sexual relationships doesnt differentiate between rape and seduction the way the american language does. This makes it difficult for us to fully understand these stories. For ancient greeks, it didn"t matter if a woman or man consented. Image:jacopo tintoretto, the origin of the milky way. Baby heracles was so strong that milk spurted out, creating milky way. Wall painting, house of the vettii in pompeii. Hera is jealous and sends two snakes into heracles" crib, hercules strangles snake as a baby. One myth: heracles killed his wife and children and had to be punished. 1) fetch the hide of the nemean lion.
