Mythology

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Mythology

• By Edith Hamilton
• Brandi Thompson
• 6th period
• Ms. Vernon

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The Royal House of Thebes

• Purpose- My purpose for presenting is to inform
  about what I read.

• Introduction- I read chapter 18 , The House of
  Thebes. This chapter consists of 4 shout stories
  inside. Im going to talk about each one of the
  chapters like who was in them and what happened
  with that person.

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I. Cadmus and His Children

• A. Cadmus younger sister, Europa, was taken away
  by a bull.
• B. His father wanted her brought back
• 1. Cadmus and his brother were not to come back
  without her. 2. Instead of looking for her, he
  went to Delphi to ask where she was.
• C. The god told him not to look for his sister,
  but to found a city of his own.
• 1.The city of Thebes was founded after Cadmus
  fought and killed a dragon by a river, that
  killed people that came to get water.
• 2. He married Harmonia and had four daughters
  and a son.
• D. His daughters, Semele, Ino, Agave, and
  Autonoes, all had misfortunes.
• 1. In the end the family moved away to get away
  from the bad luck, but it still seemed to follow
  them.

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II. Oedipus

• A. King Lauis was told by a prophecy that he was
  going to be killed by his son.
• 1. When his son was born he had him put on a
  hill to die.
• 2. King died with his attendants by what he
  thought was a stranger.
• B. Oedipus is told that he would kill his father.
• 1. A man named Oedipus left his country of
  Corinth, where he was known as the son of the
  King Polybus.
• 2. Apollo fated that Oedipus was to kill his
  father.
• 3. He traveled to Thebes to get away from the
  king so that the oracle wouldnt be right.
• C. The Sphinx is guarding the outside of the
  country.
• 1. Oedipus has to answer a riddle from the
  Sphinx.
• 2. The riddle is, What creature goes on four in
  the morning, two in the noon day, and three at
  night.
• 3. Oedipus tells her that the answer is man. As
  a baby they crawl, as they get a older they learn
  to walk on twos, and when they become old people,
  you walk with a cane.

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II. Oedipus (continued)

• D. Oedipus marries his mother, Jocasta, and
  becomes king.
• 1. After the Sphinx was killed, Oedipus becomes
  king.
• 2. A black plague comes over Thebes and will
  only leave if the person who kills King Lauis is
  punished.
• 3. Teiresias tells Oedipus what happened and
  how he killed his father when he was on his way
  to Thebes.
• 4. The man he killed with his servants was his
  father.
• 5. Then a old man came to tell of how he was
  supposed to kill Oedipus because there was and
  oracle that told of how King Lauis was to be
  killed by his son.
• 6. Oedipus blinded himself in the end and his
  mother killed herself from hearing what happened.

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III. Antigone

• A. Oedipus had two sons and a daughter with his
  mother.
• 1. Polynieces, Etocles, Antigone, and Ismene
• 2. Oedipus resigned from the throne and was
  later thrown from Thebes, by his brother-in-law
  Creon, Jocastas brother, with the consent of his
  sons.
• 3.Oedipus moves to Colonus where he dies and is
  buried.
• B. Etocles, the youngest brother, becomes king
  and Polynieces doesnt like that.
• 1. Polynieces creates an army with the king of
  Argos.
• 2. Thebes and Argos fight, finally they decide
  to let the brothers battle it out.
• 3. Both brothers end up killing each other and
  no one wins.
• C. Creon becomes king and doesnt want Polynieces
  buried because he feels that Polynieces started
  the whole thing.
• 1. Antigone goes against Creon and buries
  Polynieces.
• 2. She was killed for doing so.
• 3. Ismene is the only child left and the royal
  family was no longer remembered.

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IV. The Seven Against Thebes

• A. The mothers and sons of the five chieftains
  that marched with Polynieces, wanted them buried,
• 1. Creon didnt want those who started the war
  to be buried.
• 2. The family members went to Theseus, King of
  Athens, to ask if he would talk to Creon about
  them being buried.
• B. Theseus mother talked him into going to
  Creon.
• 1. Creon still said no and Theseus warned him
  that if they were not buried they would have to
  fight.
• 2. Creon still said no, so Athens marched
  against them and won.
• C. The five men were buried, but their sons
  werent happy because their family members were
  not buried earlier.
• 1. Ten years later, the sons marched against
  Thebes.
• 2. They were victorious and the Thebans left.
• 3. They ground was leveled and all that was
  left was Harmonias necklace.

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The End !!!!!!

• My chapter was really a family timeline.
  Everyone was a distant relative to the people in
  the story before them. I enjoyed reading this
  chapter and now know much more than I did about
  Greek Mythology.