CLA204H1 Lecture : CLA204H1 - November 8
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***image: theseus about to leave and abandon ariadne while she is asleep. Theseus holding onto a boat (showing that he is about to leave) Other than that, not much to identify him. Depicted as a young man, as he generally is. Athena there as well because she sides with heroes. One version of the story says that athena told theseus to leave ariadne since. Can tell it is athena from the spear and gorgon head. ***image: archaic black- gure painting of theseus killing the minotaur. Surrounding gures are the other young men and women sent to crete to be sacri ced to the minotaur. Surrounded by a pattern that resembles the maze. Nds minotaur in the central room of the maze and must nd his way out again. When theseus was leaving, aegeus told him to change the sails. Carelessness of theseus depending on the outcome of his actions and dies that he doesn"t change the sails to white.
