CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Trojan War, Deiphobus, Odysseus
22 Jan 2017
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Many similar themes of iliad- epithets, etc. - but different. Odysseus and his nostos- story of only one man and his homecoming. Heroes different kinds of heroes, no longer just warriors. Heroes for greeks are not necessarily good people- just men who lived in mythological past- did(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e to (cid:271)e good/(cid:271)ra(cid:448)e. Heroes thought to be real- but none of them were still alive. Model of odyssey is backbone of modern narrative; Ca(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ake a de(cid:272)isio(cid:374) a(cid:271)out (cid:373)arriage u(cid:374)til she"s fi(cid:374)ished the funeral shroud for his father in law- weaves by day, unravels it at night. Suitors have not caught on yet- for three years (busy drinking) Foolish (cid:373)e(cid:374), (cid:374)ot (cid:449)orth(cid:455) of pe(cid:374)"s (cid:272)raft(cid:455) (cid:373)i(cid:374)d. Telemachus is treated as a boy, not a young man, by suitors. Athena sends him away from them- pylos and sparta (ideal kingdom, what ithica would be w ody) Practical experience interacting w noble men- he"s the so(cid:374) of a ki(cid:374)g.
