Classical Studies 2200 Midterm: Classics 2200 - Midterm 2

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2200
• Professor: Aara Suksi

Document Summary

Is devoid of light, joy, hope, and vitality: there is no escape, therefore represents life is extremely previous, a hero"s recompense. Acheron: charon is the ferry-man in sources later than homer, hermes is psychopomp (brings souls across to the underworld, guides them, cerberus: a many-headed dog, guards the gates of hades. Tityus: a mortal son of zeus, tried to rape leto (mother of apollo and artemis, he was killed by her children. In the underworld, his is tied to the ground while two vultures devour his liver (organ thought to have been responsible for sexual passion) Importance of ways of eating in the ordering of society recompensation: he was punished in the underworld. Tantalized" by food and water just out of his reach: tantalized: torment or tease. Dionysiac mysteries (other version of the story of dionysus) Odyssey book 11 by homer: odysseus is telling the court of alcinous about his journey to the entrance to the.