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Schedule. Myth and Metaphor paper due Friday, April 30 or Monday, May 3 For Wednesday: Read Perseus For Thursday: Read Theseus For Friday: read Hercules Next Week: Test on the Heroes. Athamus. Tired of his first wife Nephele and put her away children:: Phrixus and Helle

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  1. Schedule • Myth and Metaphor paper due Friday, April 30 or Monday, May 3 • For Wednesday: Read Perseus • For Thursday: Read Theseus • For Friday: read Hercules • Next Week: Test on the Heroes.

  2. Athamus • Tired of his first wife Nephele and put her away • children:: Phrixus and Helle • Married Princess Ino

  3. Ino • Parched seed • Bribed messenger from oracle • Lie: to sacrifice children for harvest to grow

  4. Golden Ram • Swooped down and saved both children • Helle fell into water Hellespont • Phrixus taken to Colchis

  5. King Aetes • Allows Phrixus to marry his daughter • Phrixus sacrifices the golden ram and it is hung in the Temple of Mars/ Sacred Grove

  6. Meanwhile… • Phrixus’s uncle, Aeson is usurped by Pelias • Jason sent away to safety • Returns later to demand kingdom back from Pelias • Pelias had been warned of a man with one sandal.

  7. Read Perseus for tomorrow • Study guides are optional, but I strongly urge you to fill them out. They will help with hero test. • Paper on Myth and Metaphor due Friday. Typed, double spaced, stapled.

  8. Jason’s Quest • Bring back the golden fleece and bury Phrixus properly, then you will receive kingdom.

  9. Argonauts • Lemnian women • Hylas Lost • Harpies • Clashing rocks • AmazonWomen • Colchis and Medea • Scylla and Charybdis • Talus

  10. Which God looked after Jason? • Hera • She asked Aphrodite to make Medea, the daughter of Aetes, to fall in love with Jason. • Gave him potion to complete her father’s task • -yoke the bull • Sow field with dragons teeth • Fight soldiers that spring up from teeth

  11. Medea’s conflict • Help stranger • Or stay loyal to family • She wept over the treachery to her father • Charmed the serpent to sleep, Jason retrieved the fleece and promised to marry Medea when they returned to Greece. • Killed brother who was pursuing the Argo

  12. Back Home • Pelias forced Jason’s father to kill himself • Medea tricked daughters into cutting up Pelias • All the good and evil she did was for Jason. • Fled to Corinth • Jason betrays Medea • P.133-134 • Medea sends robe to Princess of Corinth • Kills children • Rides away in chariot and lives happily ever after.

  13. What do we Learn? • Don’t betray those who have helped you • Beware of hubris (arrogant Pride)

  14. Greek Terms • Hubris: arrogant or excessive pride • Arete: excellence: Jason does not exhibit this in conventional sense. • Ate: madness ( Jason’s temporary ate leads to the destruction of everything he loved, including his reputation) • Medea’s ate is shown through passion for Jason and caused her to murder innocent people, including her children.

  15. In groups • Fill out the chart on Jason

  16. Perseus

  17. Visited by Zeus

  18. Danae and Perseus in trunk

  19. Perseus: round robin • King Acrisius • Danae • Dictys • Polydectes • Grey Women • Nymphs of the north and 3 gifts • Gorgons • Medusa • Queen Cassiopeia • Andromeda

  20. Perseus • Pride of Perseus: prompted him to make a youthful boast.

  21. Lesson? • Can’t avoid fate • Importance of accepting help • Youthful pride: be careful what you boast about.

  22. Pop Quiz 10 points 1. How did King Aegeus die? 2. What quest or job did Theseus volunteer for? 3. Who was Hippolytus? 4. What did Theseus give to Athens? (His legacy?) 5. Where is the chair of forgetfulness?

  23. Theseus • Lecture: hero Journey • Fill in chart and study guide for Theseus • Read Hercules for Friday

  24. Characters to know • Aegeus • Sciron • Sinis • Procrustes • Minotaur • King Minos • Daedalus • Ariadne • Pirithous • Phaedra • Hippolyta • Hyppolytus

  25. Theseus • Wants to be the greatest hero • Goes by land to prove himself • Idea of justice? • Eye for an eye

  26. What are the metaphors?

  27. Read Hercules • Keep track of the nine labors • Groups : • Lion of Nimea • Hydra • Stag of Artemis • Great Boar of Mt Erymanthus • Augean stables • Stymphalia birds • Bull of Minos at Crete • Man-eating mares from King Diomedes • Girld of Hippolytas • Cattle of Geryon • Golden apples • Cerebus

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