CLA204H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hippocoon, Lapiths, Omphale
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Begins with praising hieron of syracuse (muses give him gifts) & his horse pherenicos (won. Olympic races) by servant ourania (a muse too, who is gold-banded) by is cut off by zeus eagle. Hercules also known as ruiner of the gates (held the bold hearted shaker of the spear)and goes to underworld to slay cerberos. Meleagros is supposedly guarded by his mom althaia so he can live for long. It later talks about hercules who descended to the realm of death while performing his labors and encounters meleagros whos sister hercules takes and marries ->deianeira , whose hands he is destined to die. Zeus made the nights long till 3 looked like amphitryon to sleep with alcmene -> 2 sons -> When heracules was born hera sent two giants serpents to kill him. Some say amphitryon did it to see who is real son was, and iphicles fled, thats how he found out it was his.
