1 / 37

Legends of Heroes

Legends of Heroes. Wu Shiyu http://sla.sjtu.edu.cn/bbs. Jason and the Golden Fleece). tale told for 3000 years. . 金羊毛的来历. Athamas , king in Boeotia first wife, cloud goddess Nephele two children, Phrixus and Helle His second wife: Ino Jealous,plotted their deaths

briana
Download Presentation

Legends of Heroes

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Legends of Heroes Wu Shiyu http://sla.sjtu.edu.cn/bbs

  2. Jason and the Golden Fleece) • tale told for 3000 years.

  3. 金羊毛的来历 • Athamas,king in Boeotia • first wife, cloud goddess Nephele • two children, Phrixus and Helle • His second wife: Ino • Jealous,plotted their deaths • Sacrificing Phrixus end drought. • Nephele, winged ram

  4. 金羊毛的来历 • Helle fell, drowned, Hellespont. • ram spoke,Phrixus, heart, and took Colchis. • Phrixus sacrificed, Poseidon, settled in the house of Aietes • the Golden Fleece on an oak in a grove sacred to Ares, • guarded by a dragon.

  5. The Golden Fleece

  6. Photo: Hellespont • Aeson rightful king of Thessaly. • Pelias, power-hungry, overthrew Aeson • killing all descendants of Aeson, spared • Jason saved, women cluster, still-born. • Alcimede sent, centaur Chiron for education.

  7. Centaur Chiron

  8. Pelias: beware of a man with one sandal. • games in honor of Poseidon • Jason claimed, lost one sandals, helping an old woman • Iolcus, announced, one sandal • "To take my throne, which you shall, you must go on a quest to find the Golden Fleece." • Jason accepted the quest.

  9. assembled group heroes, • the Argonauts • ship, the Argo • The Argonauts

  10. the Argo

  11. 一路上的磨难实在是难以尽述。 • The Isle of Lemnos (races of women) • Cyzicus (Heracles returned to Labors, Hylas lost) • Phineas and the Harpies (Harpies,how to pass ~) • The Symplegades (the only way to reach Colchis) • The arrival in Colchis

  12. The Claim of the Golden Fleece • Jason arrived in Colchis • modern Black Sea coast of Georgia • claim the fleece as his own • Aietes promised to give, perform three tasks

  13. Jason discouraged depression. • Hera Aphrodite, Medea, fall love. • Medea aided Jason • ointment from oxen's flames. • threw a rock into the crowd • sprayed a potion, herbs. • The dragon fell asleep, • seize the Golden Fleece. • sailed away with Medea.

  14. Medea distracted her father, who chased them as they fled, by killing her brother Apsyrtus and throwing pieces of his body into the sea; • Aietes stopped to gather them.

  15. Return Journey • Zeus, punishment storms at the Argo and blew it off course. • The Argo spoke and seek purification with Circe, a nymph living on the island called Aeaea. • After being cleansed, they continued their journey home.

  16. Return Journey • Sirens • Chiron had told Jason that without the aid of Orpheus, the Argonauts would never be able to pass the Sirens. • The Sirens lived on three small, rocky islands, sang beautiful songs that lured sailors to come to them • crashing of their ship into the islands. • When Orpheus heard their voices, he drew his lyre and played music • more beautiful and louder, drowning out the Sirens' bewitching songs.

  17. Talos • The Argo then came to the island of Crete, • bronze man, Talos. • hurled huge stones • Talos one blood vessel • neck to his ankle, • by only one bronze nail • make him immortal by removing the nail • Talos bled to death.

  18. Jason returns • Pelias' daughters • make father younger pieces, boiling • pieces cauldron water magical herbs. • demonstrated with a sheep, a lamb. • The girls, sliced and diced their father and put him in the cauldron. • Medea did not add the magical herbs • Pelias dead. • Pelias' son, drove them into exile

  19. Treachery of Jason • the couple settled in Corinth • Jason engaged to Creusa • Medea confronted Jason • all the help, retorted, thank Aphrodite • Infuriated, revenge, a cursed dress, • stuck to her body and burned her to death • father, burned to death, save her.

  20. killed the two boys • fearing that be murdered or enslaved • already gone; Athens • chariot sent by her grandfather, the sun-god Helios.

  21. As a result of breaking his vow to love Medea forever, Jason lost his favor with Hera and died lonely and unhappy. • He was asleep under the stern of the rotting Argo when it fell on him, killing him instantly. • The manner of his death was due to the deities cursing him for breaking his promise to Medea.

  22. never achieved his true goal—to become king of the land of Iolcus • one of violence and tragedy as well as adventure

  23. Heracles: The Greatest Hero of all The son of Zeus and a mortal woman, Alcmene The greatest hero of all Zeus tricks Alcmene Hera hated Zeus’s son Babyhood, difficulties

  24. Heracles' Maturity Great strength and courage Exceptional or excessive appetites, and power Extremes of sexual appetite 50 daughters (king Thespios)

  25. Cleanse of his crime Excessive passion, of rage The madness by Hera. madness, children, wife Megara consult the oracle Cleanse of his crime

  26. The twelve labors serve his cousin as a slave for 12 years perform whatever labors Three recognizable groups Peloponnesus(6); further away(7-9), Far West (10-12)

  27. The first six labors Involves animals First labor The second labor The third labor Labor four Labor five Labor six

  28. Labor 7-9 Stranger and more dangerous The Seventh Labor (the Cretan bull) The Mares of Diomedes Girdle of Hippolyta

  29. Labor 10-12 Edge of the world The Cattle of Geryon Apples of the Hesperides The Labor of Cerberus

  30. Side Works A warrior, not a king A fighter of animals, of monsters Role as a pan-Hellenic hero

  31. Achieve immortality Marry Deinira Nessos, the cetaur His blood Burn and eat away his flesh Funeral pyre burns Body dies, psyche

  32. Interpretation 1. Represents the spread of Greek culture, spread through colonies 2. Representing the humanizing of unknown lands.

  33. a contradictory character First, both admirable and horrifying, both powerful and powerless. Second, supremely ill-fated, and supremely fortunate. And thirdly, resists Death, and intentionally embraces it. both a serious figure and also a comic figure both masculine and feminine

  34. kind of “everyman” see in him both our best and worst potential. embodying, and thus mediating between, nature and culture. violent side representing nature. His civilizing side representing culture.

  35. The Boreads (sons of Boreas, the North Wind) who could fly, • Heracles, Philoctetes, • Peleus, Telamon, Orpheus, • Castor and Pollux, • Atalanta, and Euphemus.

  36. First, plow a field with fire-breathing oxen, the Khalkotauroi, that he had to yoke himself. • Then, sowed the teeth of a dragon into a field. • Overcome the sleepless dragon which guarded the Golden Fleece.

More Related