CLA204H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Ars Amatoria, Catullus, Sarpedon
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For most cretan legends we depend on roman writers (430) europa & the bull: agenor descended from zeus and io and belus (brother) ruled egypt, agenor live in phoenicia children: europa, cadmus, cilix, phoenix. Phoenix near phoneicia; cilix cilicia; cadmus thebes: zeus + europa kids: minos, sarpedon, rhadamanthys, zeus gave her talus (bronze robot) for protection. Ran around 3x a day and pelted at any ship that triped to land (432) minos & pasipha : zeus left europa asterius married off europa and watched the 3 children, when the sons grew up they fell in love with the same boy = minos threw his brothers out, sarpedon went to lycia and rhadamanthys went to boeotia, rhadamanthys when he dies, became a judge among the dead (minos & aecus did also, asterius when he died minos claimed kingship saying poseidon promised him the throne.
