CLAA06H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Peloponnese, Omphale, Guard Dog
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Chapter 15 heraclus: after a life of suffering and defeat, he came to olympus and became a god, shoots bow and arrow, he is like giglamesh. Birth of heracles: perseus son electryon married his neice and had a daughter alcema, of electryon"s older brothers, sthenelus had a son eurystheus and. Alcaeus had a son amphitryon: electryon became king of mycenae but soon pirates attacked him and killed all but one of his sons, he put the kingship and care of his daughter alcmena to his nephew. Amphitryon came iphicles (humble): heracles couldn"t be king of myceane or tiryns although he was destined to become god but instead became slave to cousin. When alcema was going to give birth, he swore that on that day someone will be born to rule over surrounding lands: but hera delayed his borth and fastened that of eurystethus.
