1. Chapter 19 Lecture Two of Two After the Argo ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

2. AFTER THE VOYAGE OF THE ARGO The Death of Pelias ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

3. The Death of Pelias Rumor back in Iolcus: the Argo was destroyed Pelias, thinking he has avoided his fate, kills Jason’s father, mother, and brother When Jason returns, Pelias renegs – Medea’s trick with the old ram Hera’s revenge is complete, but the people of Iolcus (understandably) banish the two ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

4. Fig. 19.7 The Death of Pelias ©2012 Pearson Education Inc. (© The Trustees of the British Museum/Art Resource, New York

5. AFTER THE VOYAGE OF THE ARGO Jason and Medea in Corinth ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

6. Jason and Medea in Corinth Jason and Medea live happily in Corinth for a while – have two sons ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

7. Jason and Medea in Corinth Euripides’s Medea – Glaucê, daughter of King Creon of Corinth – Background is the first years of the Peloponnesian War – Creon banishes Medea – Jason tries to “reason” with Medea – Medea’s revenge with the gift to Glaucê and the murder of her two sons – Escapes on a chariot drawn by dragons ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

8. Jason and Medea in Corinth Jason dies an inglorious death as an old man – Struck on the head by a rotting part of the Argo Medea + Aegeus => – Medus of Calchis (eponym of the Medes) – Still in the Elysian Fields with Achilles? ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

9. OBSERVATIONS Medea: Sorceress and Wife ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

10. Medea: Sorceress and Wife Greek witches, like Circê and Medea, often beautiful and seductive – Medea uses potions, not spells In Euripides’s play, Medea is especially vulnerable – A social comment on the status of women She is also a paradigm of a dangerous, uncontrollable woman ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

11. Fig. 19.8 Medea kills one of her sons. ©2012 Pearson Education Inc. Musée du Louvre, Paris; © Reunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, New York

12. PERSPECTIVE 19.1 Seneca's Medea ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

13. Seneca's Medea The Roman Seneca's retelling of the Medea story emphasizes the gore and evil of the deed. Narratives that imitate this style of theatre are called "Senecan." ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

14. Perspective 19.2 Delacroix's Médé ©2012 Pearson Education Inc. Musée des Beaux Arts, Lille; © Reunion des Musées Nationaux Art Resource, New York

15. CALYDONIAN BOAR HUNT ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

16. Calydonian Boar Hunt Another legend, not of Thessaly, but of Aetolia – Mentioned here because many heroes on the Argo were from Aetolia ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

18. Aetolia ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

19. Calydonian Boar Hunt Oemeus + Althaea => – Meleager “When that log is consumed, the child will die.” Meleager joined the Argonauts Back from Colchis, his father’s land is plagued by a giant boar (sent by Artemis) ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

20. Calydonian Boar Hunt The great hunt brings in many heroes from the time of Heracles and the “Seven Against Thebes” expedition – Including Atalanta from Archadia Boar brought down by Atalanta, Amphiaraüs, and Meleager – His uncles object when Meleager wants to award the pelt to Atalanta; he kills them in the scuffle ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

21. Calydonian Boar Hunt Althaea (Meleager’s mother), whose brothers he had killed, throws the log on the fire, and Meleager dies Atalanta returns home; wants to stay unmarried – The Race of Atalanta – Melanion (aka Hippomenes) wins the race with the help of the Apples of the Hesperides ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

22. Fig. 19.9 The Calydonian Boar Hunt ©2012 Pearson Education Inc. Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Florence

23. Calydonian Boar Hunt They are turned into lions by Zeus for violating his shrine ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

24. OBSERVATIONS Heroic Myths of the Hunt and Hunter ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

25. The Hunt and Hunter The hunt of Meleager resembles sacrifice, war, dangers posed by the hunter to society, and dragon combat Hunting is external and dangerous Sacrifice was domestic and designed to establish peaceful relations with the gods Similarly, war is external and dangerous and warriors, like hunters, can be dangerous to the society they are to protect and serve ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

26. The Hunt and Hunter These activities must be controlled with ritual The hunt is a stylized male initiation In many way, the hunt of Calydon becomes perverted: – Atalanta should not be there – The hunters should not turn on each other ©2012 Pearson Education Inc.

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