CLA 10 Lecture 16: CLA10 Ch16 (Theseus, Myths of Athens)
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Chapter 16 theseus and the myths of athens: theseus and the myths of athens: introduction. Theseus is a minor figure in 7th century bce: but as athens rises, theseus" importance rises with it (700-500 bce) Early athenian myths are confused, without clear chronology or lineage: cf. The myths of theseus show how myths became political by the classical period: the earliest athenian kings. Olives are greater than the sea because athens is a land-based with little sea trade. Erichthonius : the man of wool and earth . Erichthonius later builds a shrine to his mother athena on the acropolis of athens; persians destroy it. Later rebuilt as the parthenon (the temple of athena parthenos the virgin : procn and philomela. Tereus rapes philomela, cuts out her tongue (so she can"t tell anyone) and imprisons her. Pandion gives procn to tereus (of thrace) in gratitude for his help in the war against thebes.
