CLASSIC 45C Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Pelias, Absyrtus
27 Apr 2016
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Medea fell in love with jason and was induced to fall in love by the gods. Everyone who is not greek is a barbarian and civilized. How greeks, greek males think of barbarian woman. What kinds of emotion and actions that a barbarian woman can embody on a greek stage. Argonauts: the passengers or sailors of argos, name of the ship: argos= swift in greek, nauts= sailor, someone aboard of a ship. Idea of moving about, a journey, either physical or mental journey, that comes with the attainment of glory, to achieve something. The early life of jason: o o o. Pelias and jason are the antagonists of the story. Pelias = wanting the throne and not deserving it. Jason = claims the throne and deserves it. Jason at colchis: colchis is the land of medea, a barbarian land, not greek. o. Jason has to perform a series of tasks in order to get the golden fleece.
