CLAS 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Stymphalian Birds, Cretan Bull, Augeas
23 May 2016
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Wake up - he cannot deal with himself and wants to kill himself. 12 metopes of zeus" temple (12 labors) Has an ultimate experience of eventually dying and being reborn. 1st labor - slay the nemean lion and bring back its hide - strangles it - keeps the skin of the lion. 2nd labor - slay the hydra(poisonous blood) (with his nephew iolaus) 3rd labor: capture the golden stag of artemis - lion skin and head of lion like a helmet represents him. 5th labor - clean the augean stables in one day. 7th labor - capture the cretan bull. Side deed: admetus and alcestis - alcestis is dead in his chamber - slaves are sad. Side deed: heracles travels in the cup loaned to him by helios. 11th labor: steal the apples of the hesperides. Herakles aided by athena holding up the heavens while atlas fetches golden apples. 12th labor: capture cerberus using no weapons.
