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Bellerophontes

  • Corinth —> Mycenae

  • Potiphar’s wife motif

  • tames Pegasus and kills Chimera

  • defeats Amazon warriors

  • thinks he belonged on Olympus but Zeus throws him to the ground and breaks his legs

<ul><li><p>Corinth —&gt; Mycenae</p></li><li><p>Potiphar’s wife motif</p></li><li><p>tames Pegasus and kills Chimera</p></li><li><p>defeats Amazon warriors</p></li><li><p>thinks he belonged on Olympus but Zeus throws him to the ground and breaks his legs</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Proitos

king of Mycenae who purifies Bellerophontes and sends him to Lycia for Sthenoboea to deal with

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Potipher’s wife motif

older woman accuses younger man of rape after being rejected

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Chimera

lion/goat/snake

<p>lion/goat/snake</p>
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Rationalization

a form of myth criticism or interpretation that seeks to find logical or historical roots for mythical stories and figures. 

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Allegory

saying one thing but meaning something else

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Perseus

  • son of Zeus and Danae

  • raised in Seriphos

  • steals Graeae’s eye

  • killed Medusa

  • defeated sea monster and married Andromeda

  • turns king of Seriphos to stone using Medusa’s head

  • accidently kills King of Argos with discus

<ul><li><p>son of Zeus and Danae</p></li><li><p>raised in Seriphos</p></li><li><p>steals Graeae’s eye</p></li><li><p>killed Medusa</p></li><li><p>defeated sea monster and married Andromeda</p></li><li><p>turns king of Seriphos to stone using Medusa’s head</p></li><li><p>accidently kills King of Argos with discus</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Acrisius

  • king of Argos

  • got a prophecy that Danae’s son would overthrow him

  • killed by discus Perseus threw

<ul><li><p>king of Argos</p></li><li><p>got a prophecy that Danae’s son would overthrow him</p></li><li><p>killed by discus Perseus threw</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Danae

  • daughter of Acrisius

  • locked away by Acrisius

  • Zeus turned into golden rain and had sex with her

  • Mother of Perseus

  • Locked into chest and thrown into ocean with Perseus

<ul><li><p>daughter of Acrisius</p></li><li><p>locked away by Acrisius</p></li><li><p>Zeus turned into golden rain and had sex with her</p></li><li><p>Mother of Perseus</p></li><li><p>Locked into chest and thrown into ocean with Perseus</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Graeae

  • the grey women (old women)

  • only have 1 eye and 1 tooth between all 3 of them

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Medusa

  • gorgo killed by Perseus

  • Pegasus and Chrysaor came out of her neck when she was beheaded

<ul><li><p>gorgo killed by Perseus</p></li><li><p>Pegasus and Chrysaor came out of her neck when she was beheaded </p></li></ul><p></p>
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Andromeda

chained to a rock as a sacrifice for a sea monster sent by Poseidon because her mother boasted about her being more beautiful than the Nereids

<p>chained to a rock as a sacrifice for a sea monster sent by Poseidon because her mother boasted about her being <span>more beautiful than the Nereids</span></p>