1. Callimachus, Hymn 5, on Teiresias: ACM p. 79, lines 97-122. Described here is a long account made by Athena towards one of her nymphs, Chariclo, after the blinding of the nympth’s son, Teiresias, after he inadvertently witnesses the goddess bathing. Chariclo laments and beseeches Athena to reverse her son’s new disability but Athena describes that is not she that had done the deed but in fact the result of one of Cronos’ laws, and as a gift for a friend, she bestows Teiresias the ability of being a prophet and understand the language of the birds. This is quite the opposite reaction that is usually brought by a divine once learning a mortal did something they were not supposed to do and bring such great disrespect. Usually the first reaction when a god and/or goddess discovers that a mortal is disgracing them in any regard whether intentionally or not, they set out a typically
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To the far left is Clythemnestra, wife and as well as co-conspirator in Agamemnon’s death, to the right of the scene is Electra and Cassandra. Agamennon’s death is due to his hubris, due to his unnecessary boasting of his hunting skills which had then offended the goddess of the hunt, Artemis; to which Agamennon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia which then resulted in his wife (and her lover) killing him in revenge. Hubris is quite the repeated motif in Greek mythology, a way to explore the folly of man and the consequences of such; such is with Agamennon and his overdone pride which was ultimately his undoing. Likewise is the story of Niobe, who had compared herself to Leto and offended her divine children, resulting in Niobe’s children slaughtered and she herself turning into stone, demonstrating that one should never let their arrogance get the better of them, a moral illustrated by having hubristic characters severely punished for their
To the far left is Clythemnestra, wife and as well as co-conspirator in Agamemnon’s death, to the right of the scene is Electra and Cassandra. Agamennon’s death is due to his hubris, due to his unnecessary boasting of his hunting skills which had then offended the goddess of the hunt, Artemis; to which Agamennon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia which then resulted in his wife (and her lover) killing him in revenge. Hubris is quite the repeated motif in Greek mythology, a way to explore the folly of man and the consequences of such; such is with Agamennon and his overdone pride which was ultimately his undoing. Likewise is the story of Niobe, who had compared herself to Leto and offended her divine children, resulting in Niobe’s children slaughtered and she herself turning into stone, demonstrating that one should never let their arrogance get the better of them, a moral illustrated by having hubristic characters severely punished for their