CLAA06H3 Chapter 16-18: CLAA06 Ch. 16-18 Notes (Theseus, Oedipus, Myths of Athens, Thebes & Crete)
21 Mar 2014
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Theseus-king of athens famous for various exploits, will be explained later. Cercops-mortal half man & half snake, born from the earth/soil; he"s legendary ancestor of the. >in a golden age, he introduced arts of civilization & monogamous marriage to his ppl. > taught how to worship zeus, abandoning human sacrifice, to build cities & how to bury dead properly (during his reign was when poseidon & athena contended for recognition as patron of. Athens); the fact that athena was chosen demonstrates that the olive tree (land) was more important to athenians than gift of the sea. >in his honor, the acropolis of athens was named cecropia. >since gaia didn"t like this, she didn"t want the child so athena took care of him. >she brought erichthonius within a closed basket into acropolis sanctuary & gave the basket to daughters of cecrops (aglaurus (shining), herse (dew) & pandrosus (all-dew)) & insisted them not to open the basket.
