CLAS 203 Lecture Notes - Pittheus, Periphetes, Medes
11 Mar 2013
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Additions made to myths in 6th and 5th c. bc as athenian power grew. Athenian claims about their origins: autochthonous (means aboriginal, indigenous, descended from athene, descended from cecrops, a mortal king. Daedalus and icarus are athenians (the mist of crete) Erechtheus: war with eleusis, son cecrops (2) Pandion (2): king of megara: creusa, aegeus, pallas regain kingship of athens. Sole king of athens, but no son. The begetting of theseus (poseidon: oracle, pittheus of troezen, aethra, poseidon. Coming to manhood of theseus: tokens of recognition. Isthmus of corinth: sinis (son of poseidon) pinebender". Megara: sciron (kick people off the cliff to be fed to a giant turtle by telling them to wash their feet) Eleusis: * cercyon (a wrestler who is son of gaia) Near athens: procrustes (innkeeper who hates his guests and would stretch or chop off his guests)
