1. Is there a specific reason why Ares is angry at Cadmus? What does this reinforce as to man’s relationship to the gods and goddesses? 2. How is it that Hephaestus is where the curse against the lineage of Cadmus begins (the pearls are the instrument of the curse, but not the reason).

3. Specifically, Laius is again cursed by King Pelops for breaking the Greek Laws of Hospitality for doing what?

4. So it seems that what happens to Oedipus is a culmination of multiple curses. Remember that he is told of his curse by an oracle, but thinks Corinth is the city of his birth. If one believes in divination by oracles, why does he try to alter that divination (prophecy)? What does that say about human’s as a whole?