CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Outlast, Odysseus, Exemplum
5 Jan 2017
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Greek plans: build a wall around their camp. Trojan plans: assembly suggests returning helen, paris refuses; greeks reject offer to return objects without helen. Importance of burial, for religious reasons and social reasons. Poseidon and zeus: poseidon is upset that the greeks did not sacrifice before building and is mad that this wall will outlast the wall he built around troy, gods with human emotions, zeus" diffi(cid:272)ult positio(cid:374) Leader of the gods and demand upmost respect. Cannot get anything right which shows poor leadership. Reenergizes the troops: speaks against agamemnon. In the context of an assembly allows free speech. Nestor takes control: very old man, vast experience, damage control; removes agamemnon from the public; sets a guard on the camp. Agrees with diomedes but says he can use more tact. Guard duty may seem trivial but shows the tricky situation the greeks are in: suggest reconciliation. Agamemnon concedes: vast list of honorific gifts for achilles.
