CLT 3370 Lecture 25: Class25-26MythsofAthensandCreteII
7 Nov 2016
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Class 25-26: myths of athens and crete (ii) The story of theseus, aegeus, and medea. Recall that theseus is the son of aegeus and aethra. Theseus was raised by his mother, aethra , in troezen. When theseus grew up, he moved the rock and recovered his father"s tokens. Dangerous way: by land, through the six entrances to the underworld. Theseus of course chooses the most dangerous path and undertakes a series of six labors to get through the underworld entrances. The six labors of theseus: periphetes, sinis, crommyonian sow, sciron, cercyon, procrustes. Epidaurus : a sanctuary sacred to apollo and asclepius, god of medicine and location of the 1st underworld entrance. Robbed travelers and then killed them with his bronze club. Theseus asked to check whether the club really was bronze, then used the club to kill periphetes: sinis. Tying people to two pine trees, bending them in opposite directions, and then letting go, tearing his victims apart.
