CLAS 1P97 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Aeneid, Clytemnestra, Polymestor
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Part i: short answers 15 marks * odysseus (odyssey lecture 12) and theban. Part ii: myth outlines (2 of 4) 20 marks. Part iii: short essay (1 or 2) 15 marks. Parts i-iii are post midterm not cummulative. Part iv: seminar passages (2 of 4) 30 marks. Part v: general essay (1 of 2) 20 marks. Achilles kills a man (memnon) who could have been his friend in different circumstances more peaceful times. Daughter of ares, she is very much like achilles: both in fighting style and story structure. Achilles kills penthesileia, same idea that they could have been friends/soulmate under different circumstances. Kills achilles with an arrow guided by apollo; apollo directs it to hit. Paris has avenged the death of his older brother, but he doesn"t do it in a duel. Achilles lives with medea in the elysian fields.