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1)unusual birth and childhood, sometimes part divine
2) faces opposition from the beginning, and must
prove his worth
3) enemies create circumstances that lead to his
achievement
4) he is helped by at least one key ally, god or mortal
5) he faces difficult obstacles, sometimes a series of
labors to achieve
6) conflicts with divine, human, or monstrous
Traits of Heroes (See opponents present him with spiritual, sexual, and
Blackboard) physical challenges
7) he may have to observe unusual prohibitions and
restrictions: don't look back, don't eat certain fruit,
don't be too inquisitive
8) he may fight Death itself, sometimes journeying to
the Underworld
9) he may be rewarded with great success, resulting in
marriage, political power, wealth, spiritual
enlightenment, even deification
10)sometimes his good fortune reverses
The Theban Saga A saga of the Royal House of Thebes
Thebes Famous city in Greece
, First king of Thebes
His sister is Europa (a Phoenician princess) and Zeus
steals her away as a bull. Goes to the Pythia and is
Cadmus told to forget about her, and the Gods have another
plan for him
Cadmus is told to follow a heifer until it rests, and then
he should develop a city there
Cadmus's sister taken away by Zeus to the island of
Europa
Crete
Phoenicia/Lebanon
Crete Where Europa is taken away by the bull form of Zeus
Minos Greedy king of Crete and son of Zeus and Europa
Cadmus kills a serpent of Ares on the grounds of
where the city will be buried. Ares makes him become
a servant for three years to settle the debt
Dragon of Ares
The debt becomes settled and Cadmus is given
Harmonia in marriage, but the marriage is cursed by a
necklace given by Hephaestus (Hephaestus hates
Ares)
King of Thebes
1)Cadmus Founder of Thebes
2)Pentheus Grandson of Cadmus killed by maenads
6)Laius Father of Oedipus
7)Oedipus Son of Laius
8)Eteocles Son of Pedipus
9)Creon Brother of Jocasta
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Terms in this set (344)
1)unusual birth and childhood, sometimes part divine
2) faces opposition from the beginning, and must
prove his worth
3) enemies create circumstances that lead to his
achievement
4) he is helped by at least one key ally, god or mortal
5) he faces difficult obstacles, sometimes a series of
labors to achieve
6) conflicts with divine, human, or monstrous
Traits of Heroes (See opponents present him with spiritual, sexual, and
Blackboard) physical challenges
7) he may have to observe unusual prohibitions and
restrictions: don't look back, don't eat certain fruit,
don't be too inquisitive
8) he may fight Death itself, sometimes journeying to
the Underworld
9) he may be rewarded with great success, resulting in
marriage, political power, wealth, spiritual
enlightenment, even deification
10)sometimes his good fortune reverses
The Theban Saga A saga of the Royal House of Thebes
Thebes Famous city in Greece
, First king of Thebes
His sister is Europa (a Phoenician princess) and Zeus
steals her away as a bull. Goes to the Pythia and is
Cadmus told to forget about her, and the Gods have another
plan for him
Cadmus is told to follow a heifer until it rests, and then
he should develop a city there
Cadmus's sister taken away by Zeus to the island of
Europa
Crete
Phoenicia/Lebanon
Crete Where Europa is taken away by the bull form of Zeus
Minos Greedy king of Crete and son of Zeus and Europa
Cadmus kills a serpent of Ares on the grounds of
where the city will be buried. Ares makes him become
a servant for three years to settle the debt
Dragon of Ares
The debt becomes settled and Cadmus is given
Harmonia in marriage, but the marriage is cursed by a
necklace given by Hephaestus (Hephaestus hates
Ares)
King of Thebes
1)Cadmus Founder of Thebes
2)Pentheus Grandson of Cadmus killed by maenads
6)Laius Father of Oedipus
7)Oedipus Son of Laius
8)Eteocles Son of Pedipus
9)Creon Brother of Jocasta
