CLA204H1 Lecture 8: CLA204 Lecture 8 Notes
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Theban tragedy and epics birthplace of dionysos patron god of drama. Myth of oedipus epics martial themes seven against thebes epigoni, those born after , sons of the seven against thebes. Ovid metamorphoses 3-4 focus mostly on dionysos, ignores more epic material. Europa theban stories founder of the line of cadmus ares and aphrodite divine ancestors . Cadmus give his name to the population of thebes cadmeians . Homer io-leucothea story sent by father agenor to find sister europa cannot find her ordered by delphic oracle of apollo to follow a cow and to found a city where it sits . Ovid dragon killed by cadmus killed all his companions he is the only survivor. Theban family tree intermarriages between the spartoi and cadmeians. Cadmus marries harmonia, daughter of ares and aphrodite. Cadmeians + spartoi complicated genealogy intermarriage causes problems later on. Menoeceus spartoi father of creon and jocasta. Chthonius father of nycteus and lycus spartoi.
