introductionofTheseus学习教案

1、会计学1introductionofTheseusPittheus made Aegeus drunk and gave him his daughter Aethra to lie withThesus spent his youth with his mother Aethra in Troezen Why he grow up with his mother instead of his father?第1页/共15页Why Theseus was endowed the ability to lift up the stone before he could get the token

2、s left by his father?For one thing, his father was given the prophecy that this son would be the heir of his throne, and it could be regarded as a test for the future king. For another, one of the common traits of the heroes is powerful, and it was in accordance with the imagination of the people to

3、wards heroes in ancient times.第2页/共15页第3页/共15页第4页/共15页The saga of Theseus and the Minotaur第5页/共15页The saga of Theseus and the MinotaurLabyrinthAriadneMinotaur第6页/共15页promise he made in the dream and left Ariadne to Dionysus.Why did Theseus leave Ariadne?When the fleet was passing the Naxos, Theseus

4、had a dream in which Dionysus appeared to tell him leave Ariadne, and Theseus just obeyed the order. We suggest the symbolic meaning is that the dominance of the immortals upon the mortals. No matter how powerful the heroes are, they cannot defy the orders of the gods第7页/共15页第8页/共15页Other sagas afte

5、r he became the king of Athens Theseus joined with Heracles in his expedition against the Amazons. As share of the spoil, Theseus took the Amazon, Antiope, back to Athens. In revenge, the Amazons invaded Attica and were defeated by Theseus. The battle between Theseus and the Amazons became a favorit

6、e theme in Athenian art after the Persian Wars.第9页/共15页Theseus carries off the willing Helen, on an Attic red-figure amphora, c. 510 BC第10页/共15页Herakles, Theseus and Pirithoos in Hades, with Hermes. (Attic red-figure calyx-krater between circa 450 and circa 440 BC)第11页/共15页Is there any symbolic mean

7、ing of Theseus and Pirithous going to Hades?Their behavior violates the basic rule that human beings cannot go to Hades until death, and they are punished because they intrude the domain not belonging to human beings.第12页/共15页 Lycomedes of the island of Skyros threw Theseus off a cliff after he had lost popularity in Athens. In 475 BC, in response to an oracle, Cimon of Athens, having conquered Skyros for the Athenians, identified the remains of Theseus. “A coffin of a great corpse with a bronze spear-head by its side and a sword.”第13