Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Amphiaraos

The apotheosis of Amphiaraos is a mighty savory myth.

Was it truly his fate that he must turn Athene against her favorite, whom she mean to apotheosize, thereby becoming a chthonic deity or cult hero himself?

Or did some other daimon somehow intervene, suborning his wife so she would persuade him to enlist in the expedition against Thebes?

http://www.theoi.com/Khthonios/Amphiaraos.html


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphiaraus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero

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