At least twice ahead of that election, Keils wrote the U.S. And it had plans for the 1874 midterm elections. Working in tandem, Heracles cut off each head and Iolaus cauterized the open stumps. Hera, upset that Heracles had slain the beast she raised to kill him, is said to have placed it in the dark blue vault of the sky as the constellation Hydra. As I suspected, I found nary a thing. When he returned on the 30th day carrying the carcass of the lion on his shoulders, King Eurystheus was amazed and terrified. Please do not copy without permission. Heracles then killed Cacus, and set up an altar on the spot, later the site of Rome's Forum Boarium (the cattle market). We all know what this means, particularly when the most infamous threats are daily made by those of the White League who control it.. According to a prophecy, the first-born grandson of Perseus would inherit Mycenae. His short answer: No one has asked for it, likely because no one there remembers it. The White League had recently taken root in Louisiana and Mississippi, and its influence was spreading across the South. While the White League shared many of the same goals as the Ku Klux Klan, the group operated openly. [4] Whatever the origins of Cerberus name, it is most likely pre-Greek. Drakn: Dragon Myth and Serpent Cult in the Greek and Roman Worlds. Before bringing Cerberus to Eurystheus, Heracles paraded the guard dog of death throughout Greece. Those who had helped the Republicans were blacklisted by employers, or worse. There were different accounts of how Heracles ultimately captured Cerberus. Henry Shorter, brother of Eli, had been standing on the wrong side of the street and caught a bullet in his wrist. According to Hesiod, Cerberus had a cruel trick to help him with this task: On those who go in he fawns with his tail and both his ears, but suffers them not to go out back again, but keeps watch and devours whomsoever he catches going out of the gates of strong Hades and awful Persephone. Augeas banished them both before the court had ruled. Pindar, writing in the fifth century BCE, gave Cerberus one hundred heads. His opponent in the 1874 election wrote a song about him, which I wont quote because it uses the n-word a lot, but it makes clear why Keils had fallen out of favor: He protected Black voters, he let one Black defendant work as a doorman in his court, and, the thing they couldnt forgive, he let Black people serve on juries in judgment of white defendants. He later told investigators he could hear the bullets whistle around him. Cerberus. Published online 20002017. Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your California Privacy Rights (User Agreement updated 1/1/21. This looks like too much a fuss.. He attacked Heracles at the River Anthemus, but was slain by one of Heracles' poisoned arrows. It fits the Hollywood idea of what a small Southern town is supposed to look like, so much so that the producers of that Sweet Home Alabama movie took some footage here years ago, although they shot the scenes with Reese Witherspoon across the river, in Georgia. This boar lived on a mountain called Erymanthus, which was not too far from King Eurystheus' house in Mycenae. Physical Characteristics While in the Underworld, Heracles met Theseus and Pirithous. One Black man, S.N.B. The two companions had been imprisoned by Hades for attempting to kidnap Persephone. We are ready for them!. After he had displayed the creature to Eurystheus, Cerberus was returned to the Underworld, where he reprised his old post as the infernal guard dog. After losing his wife Eurydice on their wedding day, Orpheus vowed to retrieve her from the clutches of death. Downtown Eufaula is postcard pretty. b. : a paramount chief. This was no easy task: Cerberus did not leave the Underworld willingly. Listed on 2023-01-10. Shorter was a prominent citizen in Eufaula, formerly a colonel in the Confederate Army and a Congressman before the war. The sons killed two of Heracles' companions, an act which set Heracles on a rampage. [16], Cerberus was a popular subject for ancient artists from an early period. 380 BCE), Plato interprets Cerberus as a composite fable cobbled together from many different creatures. Examples: JUPITER, JUP, JUPI. This assignment was intended to be both humiliating and impossible, since these divine livestock were immortal, and had produced an enormous quantity of dung. WebMagnificent, wild, and uncontrollable, they belonged to Diomedes of Thrace (not to be confused with Diomedes, son of Tydeus ), king of Thrace, son of Ares and Cyrene who lived on the shores of the Black Sea. Cerberus. In Brills New Pauly, edited by Hubert Cancik, Helmuth Schneider, Christine F. Salazar, Manfred Landfester, and Francis G. Gentry. According to a prophecy, the first-born grandson of Perseus would inherit Mycenae. All would have gone well for Heracles had it not been for Hera. Apuleius: In the famous Cupid and Psyche digression in Book 6 of the proto-novel The Golden Ass (late second century CE), Psyche receives instructions on how to subdue Cerberus on her journey through the Underworld. During its annual pilgrimage, beautiful historic homes built in the days when cotton was king will be open to visitors during this nostalgic return to the Old South.. [6] In each case, the pattern was the same: Heracles was sent to kill or subdue, or to fetch back for Eurystheus (as Hera's representative) a magical animal or plant. Dr. Joshua McWhirter, DPT. Hair Cerberus was the child of Typhoeus and Echidna, two serpentine monsters who were born soon after the creation of the cosmos. According to Hesiod, the earliest author to give a description of In another version, Heracles, who was visiting the island, stayed awake so that he didn't have his throat cut by Diomedes in the night, and cut the chains binding the horses once everyone was asleep. Though the character of the party would change, it wouldnt lose its majorities in the Alabama Statehouse for the next 136 years. In the 1960s Barbour County marketed itself as the Home of Governors. Five were from here, although the county has sometimes claimed Lurleen Wallace, a Tuscaloosa native, as a sixth. 1 Vote Yes. Angered by Heracles' success against the Nemean Lion and the Lernaean Hydra, Eurystheus (advised by Hera) devised an altogether different task for the hero, commanding Heracles to capture the Ceryneian Hind, a beast so fast it could outpace an arrow. Laurie White, PT does not participate in Zocdoc to offer online booking at this time. [17], Ancient artists depicted Cerberus with three, two, or even just one head (but never with more than three). [5] Other sources called him the hound of Hades.. They had migrated to Lake Stymphalia in Arcadia, where they bred quickly and took over the countryside, destroying local crops, fruit trees, and townspeople. While the Republican occupiers did their best to make the South into a more just and equitable place, they couldnt overcome the subversive resistance of the men theyd ostensibly defeated. There is, however, the Governors Parlor. From there, he could see Harrison Hart, the man whod warned of the frolic, firing at the fleeing men. Athena, noticing the hero's plight, gave Heracles a rattle which Hephaestus had made especially for the occasion. Eyes Heracles initiation into these mysteries helped him pass through the Underworld unharmed. Iolaus then came upon the idea (possibly inspired by Athena) of using a firebrand to scorch the neck stumps after each decapitation. Theres something important I want to show you. When it ended, those reforms died with it, and it began a violent period in Alabama history a period deliberately covered up. Smith, William. An initiative through 2022, State of Denial will explore the connections between Alabamas past and present and how they might affect our future. Marital Status Ruck and Staples (1994: 170) note that the chthonic creature's reaction was botanical in nature: upon cutting off each of its heads, Heracles observed that the beast promptly re-grew each decapitated head, rendering every slash and cleaving blow futile. Wiliford asked the young man if he had voted as he pleased. Name Others were found later, dead in the woods outside town, after the buzzards found them first. The rifles had come from an armory provided for the towns protection by the United States government. The heads could move independently of each other, twisting and turning to attack at many angles. About then the argument escalated. Marshal in Montgomery to ask for support. In school, I had two years of what I was told was Alabama history. Heracles snuck up behind the bull and then used his hands to throttle it (stopping before it was killed), and then shipped it back to Tiryns. If you wish to use our material in your essay, book, article, website or project, please consult our permissions page. History is the backstory for everything that happens today without it we can no more understand the present than keep up after walking into a movie thats halfway over. When Diomedes and his men turned to flee, Heracles killed them with an axe (or a club[18]), and fed Diomedes body to the horses to calm them. Its a problem Eufaula recently encountered ahead of the World War I centennial. After killing King Mygdon, Heracles gave much of the land to his friend Lycus. I cannot help it if they do, Daggett said according to Willifords testimony. Eurytion the herdsman came to assist Orthrus, but Heracles dealt with him the same way. Plato: In the ninth book of the philosophical treatise the Republic (ca. It doesnt mention the massacre earlier that day. Cerberus is best known through his connection with the myth of Heracles. A separate tradition (e.g. They camped by the roadside outside of town, and set off on foot at eight oclock the next morning, marching to drums and fifes. (Copyright notice.) Chiron's pain was so great that he volunteered to give up his immortality and take the place of Prometheus, who had been chained to the top of a mountain to have his liver eaten daily by an eagle. Cf. In Homer, Cerberus was called simply the hound (kyn). Seneca: In the tragedy Hercules Mad (first century BCE or first century CE), Heracles capture of Cerberus is described in detail. especially : one whose position is hereditary and who rules for life. The bull was released and wandered into Marathon, becoming known as the Marathonian Bull. Woodford, Susan and Jeffrey Spier. But not quite the way he intended. Fall in, Company B!. Frazer, who was also a Methodist minister, had spent two weeks canvassing support among the sharecroppers around Eufaula, back when cotton farmers still loaded their crops onto boats. However, Heracles, who was going to be born first, was the subject of Hera's personal vendetta, who sent her daughter, Eilytheia, to prolong Alcmene's labour. Popularity index: 3311. Strabo, Geography: A late first-century BCE geographical treatise and an important source for many local Greek myths, institutions, and religious practices from antiquity. Forte lives in Eufaula and grew up just north of town. Like me, Forte didnt know about the Eufaula election massacre until he saw something about it on the internet. Not a monument. (Kyle Whitmire | kwhitmire@al.com). Argonautica) has Heracles accompany the Argonauts, but he did not travel with them as far as Colchis. Herodorus, frag. The Mighty Thor is a FANDOM Comics Community. Instead, he showed Williford a telegram with orders from Montgomery. While it shared many of the same goals as the Ku Klux Klan, the White League operated openly. That evening, at another polling place in the nearby town of Spring Hill, many from the same mob surrounded an office where Keils the judge and election supervisor whod sent for help and others were counting votes. There is no monument or marker for the 1874 Election Massacre in downtown Eufaula, but right around the corner, there is a memorial to a fish, Leroy Brown, a legendary bass caught in Lake Eufaula. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2005. Add Description Add photo. But it demonstrates, perhaps as clearly as anything weve seen, history is not a granite soldier on a pedestal nor so much bric-a-brac in a pretty old house. Partially deaf, Williford grabbed the arm of a Black man next to him and asked what was said. The most significant memorial in Eufaula is the one that isnt here. The Roman poet Horace also described how Orpheus tamed the terrible Cerberus with his music (Odes 3.11.1320). She claimed the strangers were plotting to carry off the queen of the Amazons. The son of King Stheneleus and Nicippe, he was a grandson of the hero Perseus, the An alternative version of this myth relates that after cutting off one of the Hydra's heads, Heracles dipped his sword in the gaping wound and used its venom to cauterize each subsequent stump so that it could not grow back. Hed fallen out of favor among Eufaula whites, both for his new political allegiance and for the mercy he showed to Black defendants in his court. [23] Hermes and Athena were also depicted in many artistic representations of Heracles Twelfth Labor. It listed names of five Barbour County men whod died in the Great War. Some ancient sources believed that the name Cerberus was derived from the Greek word kreboros, meaning flesh-devouring.[1], Modern scholars mostly dismiss this etymology, but they agree on little else. The residents are protective of these trees, many of which memorialize deceased townspeople with small granite markers laid like gravestones among their roots. And on Twitter. On one end of the block is a Walgreens. [5] Although, according to Euripides in Herakles, it was not until after Heracles had completed his labours and on his return from the Underworld that he murdered Megara and his children. 2. capitalized : god, christ. Hades, the god of the dead, posted Cerberus at the gates of the Underworld. Pholus was curious why the arrows caused so much death. Senator, too. The Black crowd split and fled in opposite directions down the street, and each way about a dozen or more white gunmen chased after them, firing as they went. Emancipation threw the whites and blacks on their own resources, and each race must depend upon its own inherent strength. Heracles then shot many of them with his arrows. Virgil: There is a reference to Orpheus subduing Cerberus with his music in Book 4 of the Georgics (ca. [31] In other versions, it was Persephone, Hades queen, who delivered Cerberus to him.[32]. 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