CLAS 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Cronus, Telegony, Odysseus
11 Mar 2013
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Resistance: argos: king proetus and his daughter, the proetids. The proetids are driven mad and think they are cows. They go out into the wilderness and start feasting on infants and finally two gets reclaimed: attica (icarium): icarius (not icarus! Dionysus is hosted by icarius in attica. Dionysus rewards icarius by telling him the secret of making wine. Icarius puts this knowledge into practice and decides to share the wine with all the other inhabitants. The other inhabitants in attica think icarius is trying to poison him so they kill. Icarius" daughter erigone, and her dog maera, go to search for. Upon finding it, in despire, erigone and maera commit suicide. Dionysus afflicts the area with famine and with madness. It takes the intervention of the king of athens to punish the murderers before the madness leaves and the women become fruitful again: thebes: tiresias, cadmus, pentheus, agave (baccae by euripides)
