CLASS 40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Golden Fleece, Mythology, Odysseus
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Hector (other side of the trojan war): also helped by athena. Odysseus (cries when he hears the singer singing troy with the phaecians) Hercules (kills wife and children bc of hera) Hercules repents for killing wife with more labors. Achilles defiles hector"s body and drags him around troy; does not repent killing hector but makes up for it by allowing hector"s body to be returned to priam. Odysseus: kills all suitors and becomes king. Doesn"t get the golden fleece himself: help of medea. Some repentance but not by him: medea murders his bride and his children. Achilles looking prideful at the end of the war patroclus"s downfall. Bie of mind and body: can be good or bad. Heroes are able to turn bie/emotional recklessness into productive behavior. Ambition ! all heroes are ambitious and go after things; willing to twist the way reality is supposed ot work.
