CMLT316 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Erymanthian Boar, Hercules Returns, Iphicles
19 Jun 2018
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HERAKLES
*is the same guy as hercules (thatâs roman)*
Amphitryon+Alcmene+Zeus (disguised as Amphitryon)x
This is complicated: twin boys- Iphicles (mortal) Heracles (demigod-zeusâ)
Hera hates him:holds off Heraclesâ birth so his cousin becomes king
Zeus convinces hera to nurse heracles in her sleep
Hera+ kleos (glory)- named to glorify hera
Baby hercules kills snakes sent to kill him: ďŹrst act of heroism
Married to Megara (daughter of some king)
Have 3 sons
Euripidesâ version really doesnât make chronological sense bc he wrote in how he liked
Starts with labors-hercules in underworld
Lykos has taken throne of Thebes- plotting to kill Meg & sons
Hercules returns- kills Lykos and his troops
Throughout labors-zeus wouldnât let hera hurt hercules
Lyssa: goddess of madness
Sent to make him crazy and make him want to kill his kids
Gods need to stay in control over man
Everything goes horribly shoots one son thru the heart
Beats another with club
Shoots meg and last son with one arrow
Athena hurls a rock at him and puts him to sleep-tied up
Wakes up- remorseful- suicidal
Angry with the gods for hating on him all his life
Theseus agrees hera is a bitch, but tries to convince him to life by arguing gods sin all
the time and donât feel bad
Hercules then goes on defending gods goodness
The gods are pieces of shit basically
Hercules was made only to be a toy for hera?
12 Labors (athloi)
Nemean lion- wrestles him bc skin is impenetrable
Kills with bare hands, skins it with lionâs own claws
Adopts lion skin as signature garment: rough touch appearance
Hydra of Lerna
Serpent with 9 heads, one is immortal, poisonous venom and blood
Cut a head off- 2 more grow
Cauterizes head cut off wounds to prevent more heads
Hera sends crab to stop hercules
Hercules dips his arrows in blood: poison arrows
Didnt count bc he had help
Cernyean Hind (deer)
Sacred to artemis: harm is she harms you
Shoots and wounds it: she lets him go bc he claims not his fault- fulďŹlling oracle
Erymanthian Boar
On way there encounters ďŹrst parergon: visits Pholus and centaurs
Document Summary
*is the same guy as hercules (that"s roman)* This is complicated: twin boys- iphicles (mortal) heracles (demigod-zeus") Hera hates him:holds off heracles" birth so his cousin becomes king. Zeus convinces hera to nurse heracles in her sleep. Baby hercules kills snakes sent to kill him: rst act of heroism. Euripides" version really doesn"t make chronological sense bc he wrote in how he liked. Lykos has taken throne of thebes- plotting to kill meg & sons. Sent to make him crazy and make him want to kill his kids. Gods need to stay in control over man. Everything goes horribly shoots one son thru the heart. Shoots meg and last son with one arrow. Athena hurls a rock at him and puts him to sleep-tied up. Angry with the gods for hating on him all his life. Theseus agrees hera is a bitch, but tries to convince him to life by arguing gods sin all the time and don"t feel bad.
