CAS CL 213 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Serifos, Iobates, Dictys

• School: Boston University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CAS CL 213
• Professor: Carl Ruck

Document Summary

Perseus, (cid:858)destroyer(cid:859: family came from africa, son of zeus, saved athena from her past as medusa & helped hermes, saved andromeda (african medusa, reorg. traditions of mykenai sisterhood. Double identity: bellerophontes, (cid:858)killer of belleros(cid:859) grandson of sisyphos, chrysaor, (cid:858)golde(cid:374) s(cid:449)ord(cid:859, perseus & bellerophontes both had pegasus who was born from the slain medusa, p. & b. both died at argos. Contest of danaos & aigyptos: ancestors of perseus twins born to african belos (son of poseidon & libya; twin of. Contest w/ gorgon medusa: akrisios released danae & perseus, but then put them in a chest & threw them into the sea, landed on eriphos i(cid:374) the (cid:862)cyclades, a circle of islands around delos (pg. 149: eriphos (cid:862)ruled (cid:271)y two warring brothers, polydektes (cid:859) e(cid:272)ei(cid:448)es all(cid:859)) and his (cid:271)rother diktys (the (cid:858)net-(cid:373)a(cid:374) fisher(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:859)(cid:895)(cid:863) (cid:894)pg. 1(cid:1008)9(cid:895: diktys was the one who pulled them out of the water (the better brother)