CLAS104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Seven Against Thebes, Sophocles, Labdacus

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS104
• Professor: Ronald Kroeker

Document Summary

Sagas have the same function for the ancients as history has for us today. Theban saga are the stories that surround the great city of thebes. Epigoni - were the descendants of the seven against thebes: early history of thebes. Europa one day out with her friends and zeus sees her and rapes her he disguised himself as a beautiful white bull. So she jumped on the bull who"s breath smelt like roses and the bull swam to crete where he raped her. The island of crete is where the minoan civilization started and a lot of myths about crete have to do with bulls. The minoans had a lot of things to do with bulls. Europa pregnant by zeus gave birth to king minos: cadmus and thebes. Foundation of thebes : europa brother named cadmus, cadmus had to look for europa. Oracle says don"t worry about your sister she is fine follow the first cow you see.