mythology exam 3 lectures 7+8

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Theseus

  • Aithra + Poseidon but Aigeus is mortal father

  • defeats monsters on way to Athens from Troyzeon to see father

  • kills minotaur

  • becomes king of Athens

  • Brings people of Athens together and forms democracy

<ul><li><p>Aithra + Poseidon but Aigeus is mortal father</p></li><li><p>defeats monsters on way to Athens from Troyzeon to see father</p></li><li><p>kills minotaur</p></li><li><p>becomes king of Athens</p></li><li><p>Brings people of Athens together and forms democracy</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Minotaur

  • trapped in Labyrinth

  • Pasiphae + bull

  • killed by Theseus

<ul><li><p>trapped in Labyrinth</p></li><li><p>Pasiphae + bull</p></li><li><p>killed by Theseus</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Pasiphae and fake bull

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Codrus Cup

Theseus’ journey

<p>Theseus’ journey </p>
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Sinis

pine bender

<p>pine bender</p>
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Sciron

makes people wash his feet then throws them over a cliff to man eating turtle

<p>makes people wash his feet then throws them over a cliff to man eating turtle</p>
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procrustes

the bed fitter

<p>the bed fitter</p>
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othering

he process of defining a group, individual, or object as "the other" and establishing one's own identity through opposition

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Ariadne

  • woman who give Theseus a ball of yarn to find his way out of labyrinth

  • left behind on Naxos

  • rescued by Dionysus and made immortal

<ul><li><p>woman who give Theseus a ball of yarn to find his way out of labyrinth </p></li><li><p>left behind on Naxos </p></li><li><p>rescued by Dionysus and made immortal</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Agenor

  • king of Phoenician

  • Europa’s father

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Cadmos

  • Europa’s brother

  • goes to oracle to figure out where Europa is

  • founded Thebes by following cow

  • sows serpent teeth into ground to grow the men of the head families of Thebes

  • myth explains how Greeks got their alphbet

<ul><li><p>Europa’s brother</p></li><li><p>goes to oracle to figure out where Europa is</p></li><li><p>founded Thebes by following cow</p></li><li><p>sows serpent teeth into ground to grow the men of the head families of Thebes</p></li><li><p>myth explains how Greeks got their alphbet </p></li></ul><p></p>
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Mount Cithaeron

mountain where lots of bad things in myth happen

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Antiope

  • daughter of king of Thebes

  • imprisoned by Lycus when he takes over Thebes

  • tortured by Lycus’ wife Dirce

  • Escapes and gives birth to 2 son but then gets captured again

  • escapes again and kills Dirce with help of sons

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Dirce

  • wife of Lycus who tortured Antiope

  • killed by Zethus and Amphion tying her to a bull

  • explain Dirce spring

<ul><li><p>wife of Lycus who tortured Antiope</p></li><li><p>killed by Zethus and Amphion tying her to a bull</p></li><li><p>explain Dirce spring</p></li></ul><p></p>
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Zethus

  • son of Antipode

  • athletic guy

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Amphion

  • son of Antiope

  • musician

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Dirce being tied to bull

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