CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Aesacus, Cornucopia, Daedalion
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Pay close attention to the significance of myths for the final exam. Exam: short answer, passage identification (+significance), essay topic and refer to texts. Epic the calydonian boar hunt; meleager; meleager"s sisters. Theseus still the main hero, connected by going to crete, part of boar hunt and part of story of achelous. Scylla similar to how helen looks down at troy, falls in love with minos. Minos trying to avenge the death of this son. Similar to medea who turns her back on her family (for jason) Scylla"s monologue: father has purple lock, strength of the city represented through hair (like samson narrative topos) Cuts off hair, but minos is disgusted form of treason that he cannot embrace. As minos sails off, she jumps off a cliff and transformed into a bird ciris (keiro: to cut off) Minos -> minotaur -> daedalus -> theseus -> ariadne.
