CLAA06H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Amphiaraus, Calchas, Odysseus
18 Apr 2013
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** things about jason will not be on the final exam (but you can talk about it in the essay)-ch. There"s a small tendency toward self destruction. Oedipus (wife jocasta kills herself and he blinds himself and leaves the city of. Thebes)- they had two sons (eteocles and polynices) and two daughters (antigone and ismena)- they both wanted to be kings and they came to the agreement that each of them will be king for one year. After oedipus leaves thebes, there"s quarrel over the kingship between the two sons eteocles wanted polynices and polynices decides to cast a vote against thebes. Argives (king of argos) also the father-in-law of polynices goes to thebes to restore power to polynices. Thebes is portrayed as the city with 7 gates and there"s 7 warriors fighting at the 7 gates (the two brothers fight at the same gate and kill each other)
