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A 7 page essay on the incestuous relationships reported in Greek mythology and Greek plays. The writer lists a number of incestuous relationships between Zeus, his brothers and sisters and progeny, and also gives examples from and commentary on plays such as Oedipus Rex, Medea and Agamemnon in support of the thesis. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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the Greek plays the opportunity to also lust after their children and relatives. While the story of Oedipus the King is the delineating play on the subject, Greek mythology
is full of incestuous relationships. The gods who inspired the love and hate relationships among families include Hermes, who used his magical use of language to lure the feelings of
his brother Apollo away from jealousy to love. Hermes reward was divination, and he became the god who protected travelers, symbolized by the crossroads-or the choices made. Sarah
Harrell states that Hermes crossroads includes the crossroads to sexuality, typified by the love the brothers developed for one another. Although this love is most often viewed as familial
and positive, Harrell invokes the retelling of Homers Hymn to Hermes in which the threats of domination can be viewed in terms of sexual innuendo (Harrell 309). In fact,
Harrell compares the actions of Apollo and Hermes to those of Zeus and his brother Poseidon, the rulers-and progenitors-of the Earth. Therefore, these brotherly ties, based on the loving
relationships between brothers, begin with Zeus and Poseidon, thus extending the same type of familiarity to all brothers of the world. As further proof of incest and Zeuss
contribution to the image in Greek mythology is the story of Chiron, who was born of a union between Zeus and Ixion, the son of Ares (Sharman-Burke and Greene 33).
Ares was the son of Zeus and Hera (Sharman-Burke and Greene 39). Pandora is the creation of the brothers, Zeus, Hephaistos and Hermes. In fact, all of the
gods and goddesses bestowed their "gifts" upon her (Sharman-Burke and Greene 69). Hermaphroditus is the child of Zeus, Aphrodite, Athene, and Poseidon, and therefore cursed with being its own
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