The dragon had been sacred to Ares, so the god made Cadmus do penance for
eight years by serving him. According to Theban tellings, it was at the
expiration of this period that the gods gave him Harmonia ("harmony", literally
"well put together", or "well assembled") as wife. At Thebes, Cadmus and
Harmonia began a dynasty with a son Polydorus, and four daughters, Agave,
Autonoë, Ino and Semele.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmus
the dragon was sacrad ro aris. to satiet the this connection to teh dragon, cadmus served for 8 years to complete this part of the rite concerning the authority of the dragon cadmus came to represent. Thus cadmus was also concerned with the god of war. who did cadmus serve. Was it the higher authority of the faith that represented war and policery authority? Did he have to serve on a war tribunal or did he serve as a soldier. teh aithority of teh dragon also represented teh milatators. what serving would apease the old spirit of war, peacemaking and peace keeping? This was cadmus' militaru side. he was not just clerical, and authoritic marsherlor and founder oof faiths and cities, a founder of a new epoch and enalgarator of a new language, but he was trained in the art of war. In many countriesm such as teh former, military training was used by leaders as credentials. So in his times cadmus had to drink of the blood of the tree of war, he had to trained and recognised by the military caste of his time. No leader could unify the aithority of teh dragon into a new creature without teh apeasemment of this part of teh dragon. its teeth were boblatic, the oricle the reliyethic faith and now the militators and if forsight serves us well the business world was also encompassed as they like farmers, who might be refered to as part of teh noblitic, as these are the parts of any society, cattle, sheep, herds and packs that make up the system
faith sheep
business cattle
herds the masses
and the pack, lead by the person in charge, the leader of the pack, is teh politics.
below is some stuff on cadmus son, we will examine it in more detail next week.
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Pentheus torn apart by Ino and Agave, lekanis lid, ca. 450-450 BC, Louvre.In Greek mythology, Pentheus (/ˈpɛnθuːs/ or /ˈpɛnθjuːs/; Greek: Πενθεύς) was a king of Thebes. His father was Echion, the wisest of the Spartes. His mother was Agave, the daughter of Cadmus, the founder of Thebes, and the goddess Harmonia. His sister was Epeiros.
Much of what is known about the character comes from the interpretation of the myth in Euripides' tragic play, The Bacchae.
Mythological biography[edit]The story of Pentheus' resistance to Dionysus and his subsequent punishment is presented by Euripides as follows.
Cadmus, the king of Thebes, abdicated due to his old age in favor of his grandson Pentheus. Pentheus soon banned the worship of the god Dionysus, who was the son of his aunt Semele, and did not allow the women of Cadmeia to join in his rites.
An angered Dionysus caused Pentheus' mother Agave and his aunts Ino and Autonoë, along with all the other women of Thebes, to rush to Mount Cithaeron in a Bacchic frenzy. Because of this, Pentheus imprisoned Dionysus, thinking the man simply a follower, but his chains fell off and the jail doors opened for him.
Dionysus lured Pentheus out to spy on the Bacchic rites disguised as a woman, and Pentheus expected to see sexual activities. The daughters of Cadmus saw him in a tree and thought him to be a wild animal. They pulled Pentheus down and tore him limb from limb (as part of a ritual known as the sparagmos). When his true identity was later discovered, officials exiled the women from Thebes. Some say that his own mother was the first to attack him, tearing his arm off and then tearing off his head. She placed the head on a stick and took it back to Thebes, but only realized whose head it was after meeting her father Cadmus.
The name "Pentheus", as Dionysus and Tiresias both point out, means "Man of Sorrows" and derives from πένθος, pénthos, sorrow or grief, especially the grief caused by the death of a loved one. His name appeared to mark him for tragedy. Pentheus was succeeded by his uncle Polydorus.
Before or possibly after Pentheus was killed, his wife gave birth to a son named Menoeceus, who became the father of Creon and Jocasta. He became the grandfather of Oedipus.
The story of Pentheus is also discussed by Ovid in his Metamorphoses (3. 511–733). Ovid's version diverges from Euripides' work in several areas. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, King Pentheus is warned by the blind seer Tiresias to welcome Bacchus or else "Your blood [will be] poured out over your mother and her sisters..." Pentheus dismisses Tiresias and ignores his warnings. As Thebes succumbs to the "dementia and the delirium of the new god", Pentheus laments the fall of his kingdom and demands the arrest of Bacchus. His guards instead arrest Acoetes of Maeonia, a sailor who confirms the divinity of Bacchus and tells how the crew of his ship ended up dead after trying to kidnap the young god.
Pentheus, convinced that Acoetes is lying, tries to throw him in jail. But when the guards try to shackle Acoetes, the chains fall off. When Pentheus heard this it caused "something insane behind his eyes [to] tear off its straightjacket." In a rage, Pentheus ran to deal with Bacchus himself. He charged through the woods straight into a bacchanalia. Driven to a frenzy the participants thought Pentheus was a boar and attacked him. His mother was the first one to spear him and then the group tore his flesh apart with their bare hands.
Finally, all acknowledged Bacchus as a god.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentheus
note claws are symbols of militarionaru ower, eagal claws, swords, clubs and teeth are symbols of powers
teeth comes originally from teh idea of biting into things and haveing teh power to pick up like an anamat things, to eat and have the power to ripe apart and devour food, to bite down on others die to attack, anamata often have looks illusions of teeth that makes them look more powerful.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmus
the dragon was sacrad ro aris. to satiet the this connection to teh dragon, cadmus served for 8 years to complete this part of the rite concerning the authority of the dragon cadmus came to represent. Thus cadmus was also concerned with the god of war. who did cadmus serve. Was it the higher authority of the faith that represented war and policery authority? Did he have to serve on a war tribunal or did he serve as a soldier. teh aithority of teh dragon also represented teh milatators. what serving would apease the old spirit of war, peacemaking and peace keeping? This was cadmus' militaru side. he was not just clerical, and authoritic marsherlor and founder oof faiths and cities, a founder of a new epoch and enalgarator of a new language, but he was trained in the art of war. In many countriesm such as teh former, military training was used by leaders as credentials. So in his times cadmus had to drink of the blood of the tree of war, he had to trained and recognised by the military caste of his time. No leader could unify the aithority of teh dragon into a new creature without teh apeasemment of this part of teh dragon. its teeth were boblatic, the oricle the reliyethic faith and now the militators and if forsight serves us well the business world was also encompassed as they like farmers, who might be refered to as part of teh noblitic, as these are the parts of any society, cattle, sheep, herds and packs that make up the system
faith sheep
business cattle
herds the masses
and the pack, lead by the person in charge, the leader of the pack, is teh politics.
below is some stuff on cadmus son, we will examine it in more detail next week.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Pentheus torn apart by Ino and Agave, lekanis lid, ca. 450-450 BC, Louvre.In Greek mythology, Pentheus (/ˈpɛnθuːs/ or /ˈpɛnθjuːs/; Greek: Πενθεύς) was a king of Thebes. His father was Echion, the wisest of the Spartes. His mother was Agave, the daughter of Cadmus, the founder of Thebes, and the goddess Harmonia. His sister was Epeiros.
Much of what is known about the character comes from the interpretation of the myth in Euripides' tragic play, The Bacchae.
Mythological biography[edit]The story of Pentheus' resistance to Dionysus and his subsequent punishment is presented by Euripides as follows.
Cadmus, the king of Thebes, abdicated due to his old age in favor of his grandson Pentheus. Pentheus soon banned the worship of the god Dionysus, who was the son of his aunt Semele, and did not allow the women of Cadmeia to join in his rites.
An angered Dionysus caused Pentheus' mother Agave and his aunts Ino and Autonoë, along with all the other women of Thebes, to rush to Mount Cithaeron in a Bacchic frenzy. Because of this, Pentheus imprisoned Dionysus, thinking the man simply a follower, but his chains fell off and the jail doors opened for him.
Dionysus lured Pentheus out to spy on the Bacchic rites disguised as a woman, and Pentheus expected to see sexual activities. The daughters of Cadmus saw him in a tree and thought him to be a wild animal. They pulled Pentheus down and tore him limb from limb (as part of a ritual known as the sparagmos). When his true identity was later discovered, officials exiled the women from Thebes. Some say that his own mother was the first to attack him, tearing his arm off and then tearing off his head. She placed the head on a stick and took it back to Thebes, but only realized whose head it was after meeting her father Cadmus.
The name "Pentheus", as Dionysus and Tiresias both point out, means "Man of Sorrows" and derives from πένθος, pénthos, sorrow or grief, especially the grief caused by the death of a loved one. His name appeared to mark him for tragedy. Pentheus was succeeded by his uncle Polydorus.
Before or possibly after Pentheus was killed, his wife gave birth to a son named Menoeceus, who became the father of Creon and Jocasta. He became the grandfather of Oedipus.
The story of Pentheus is also discussed by Ovid in his Metamorphoses (3. 511–733). Ovid's version diverges from Euripides' work in several areas. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, King Pentheus is warned by the blind seer Tiresias to welcome Bacchus or else "Your blood [will be] poured out over your mother and her sisters..." Pentheus dismisses Tiresias and ignores his warnings. As Thebes succumbs to the "dementia and the delirium of the new god", Pentheus laments the fall of his kingdom and demands the arrest of Bacchus. His guards instead arrest Acoetes of Maeonia, a sailor who confirms the divinity of Bacchus and tells how the crew of his ship ended up dead after trying to kidnap the young god.
Pentheus, convinced that Acoetes is lying, tries to throw him in jail. But when the guards try to shackle Acoetes, the chains fall off. When Pentheus heard this it caused "something insane behind his eyes [to] tear off its straightjacket." In a rage, Pentheus ran to deal with Bacchus himself. He charged through the woods straight into a bacchanalia. Driven to a frenzy the participants thought Pentheus was a boar and attacked him. His mother was the first one to spear him and then the group tore his flesh apart with their bare hands.
Finally, all acknowledged Bacchus as a god.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentheus
note claws are symbols of militarionaru ower, eagal claws, swords, clubs and teeth are symbols of powers
teeth comes originally from teh idea of biting into things and haveing teh power to pick up like an anamat things, to eat and have the power to ripe apart and devour food, to bite down on others die to attack, anamata often have looks illusions of teeth that makes them look more powerful.
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