GRST 209 Midterm: GRST209 Midterm: Midterm #2 Notes: Theseus to Oedipus

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRST 209
• Professor: Bryan Natali

Document Summary

Athenians credited theseus for democracy, the federation of attica, founding. Theseus ghost was said to have appeared to the athenian army led by militades. Militades" son, cimon went to the island of scyros to clear a pirate threat and apparently found the tomb of theseus. the bones were brought back to athens. 2 of them couldn"t resist and looked, and went mad. (jumped off the acropolis) Erichthonius dies: his son pandion becomes king and has 2 daughters. Procne and philomela= when athens is at war, thracian king tereus helps. Pandion, and in return pandion gives him his daughter procne as a wife, and they have a son itys. Procne wants her sister philomela to come visit, so tereus goes to pandion and asks for philomela. Philomela begs her father and is granted permission. On their journey home, tereus cuts out philomela"s tongue and rapes her and locks her away, and tells her family she died on the voyage.