16: Argive Myth Flashcards
what is tiryns
bronze age polis
what is mycenae
bronze age citadel
what is argos polis central to and associated with
central to argive plain, associated with Hera
where in argos did the hydra live
in Lerna
where is Heraeum
in argos
who is Io’s father
Inachus river god
what is the myth of io and zeus
zeus wants to persue her but hera is watching so he conceals himself and io in a cloud. Hera looks down and seesa cloud out of place on a sunny day and is suspicous. So she appoint a watchman named argus. He has many eyes so he is very alert. zeus wants to get rid of argus so he asks hermes to do so. This is how hermes receives the famous epithet that means slayer of argus. Hermes charms argus with music and argus gradually falls asleep. Then hermes pulls out a sword and decapitates argus.
what is the death of argus an etiology for
the peacock. Hera is upset that argus is killed so she takes his eyes and puts them onto the tail of a peacock
what does hera send to io after argus’ death, what happens to io then
she sends a gadfly that will bite and sting io (still in cow form). Io is driven off and wanders to the east to meet prometheus. Then ends up in egypt and bears Zeus’ son ephaphus. Zeus touches Io in egypt and she returns to her human form. this is how epaphus got his name it means to touch or lay a hand on.
what does bosporus mean
cow crossing
whats different about the Prometheus bound version of io and zeus myth
she describes story from her perspective, portrayed as scared and confused.
who are the descendents of epaphus
the danaids (daughers of danaus)
what does danaus’ 50 daughters and aegyptus 50 sons want for their children. whats the outcome
they want aegyptus’ sons to marry danaus’ daughter but the daughters don’t want to and flee to argos. The 50 sons come and persue them and make them have a wedding. 49 of them murder their husbands on wedding night.
whats the only danaid that spares her husband
hypermestra spares her husband lyneus.
who’s hypermestra and and lyneus’ son
Acrisius
what’s the prophecy ariscius hears, and what does he do bc of it.
he hears his daughter will have a son that will overthrow him, so he locks danae in a bronze tomb. When danae ends up having child bc of zeus penetrating the tomb as a golden shower, he puts danae and her son perseus out to sea so he is not killed.
what fetches danae and perseus when they are washed up on shore of cerephus
they are fetched by Dictys (helper), and polydectes (threatener wants to marry danae).
who does polydectes pretend he’s gonna marry
hippodymaya
when perseus asks polydectes what he wants as a wedding gift what does polydectes say
he wants medusa’s head
who helps perseus on his quest to get medusa’s head
athena helps
first problem: he doesn’t know where medusa lives, who does perseus consult to find this out, how does he get this info
he consults the graeae (3 old women between them only have 1 eye, only one can see at a time. he takes their eye and refuses to give it back until they tell him where medusa lives.
what gifts is perseus provided with? from which gods and goddesses?
harpe- (sword) from hermes. winged sandals also from hermes. a helm of invisibility from hades. and a mirrored shield and pouch to put medusa’s head in from athena.
how does perseus use athena’s shield
he uses it to sneak up on medusa
how does he use the harpe
to decapitate medusa.
