CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Odysseus, Wild Boar, Omen
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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. Poseidon and zeus: gods with human emotions, zeus" difficult position, zeus allows poseidon to knock down the wall once the greeks are gone. Diomedes: young, rash, excellent warrior- going to do whatever it takes, speaks against agamemnon- he tries to reenergize eh troops, diomedes emphasizes aga(cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:374)o(cid:374)"s lack of moral strength, he is s hero-does not give up. Agamemnon concedes: vast lists of honorific gifts for achilles. The embassy to achilles: odysseus (wise), ajax, phoenix (connection) + 2 heralds. Phoenix: a father figure, mythological exemplum: meleager- this story serves as a lesson to achilles, this story parallels achilles drawback from war- phoenix tells achilles to stay and not to leave with his ships like meleager. Ajax: average soldier-king, ajax says achilles is impossible to deal with.