Classical Studies 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hellenic Army, Zero-Sum Game, Anthropomorphism

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2300
• Professor: Kelly Olson

Document Summary

Classics 2300- poetic origins of athletics: homer and pindar. Some born from gods and the gods still interact both directly and indirectly with humans. Power and abilities that are closer to the gods than today. Ancestors of humans in the present era for the greeks. Like the greek gods, competition and social status are the top priority for greek mythic heroes. Ancients understood this poetry as simply being written by a person (not an ancient as we see now). Achilles: son of mortal and goddess thetis, thetis was supposed to marry zeus and child would have been. Stonger than the father : so thetis was married off to mortal peleus. Patrocleus-achilles; best friend: went to battle in place of achilles, killed by torjan prince hector. Agamemnon- leader of the greek army: see slides for rest. Ajax- second best to achilles: always second best second best is not good enough in ancient times .