CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Shame Society, Simile
9 Mar 2018
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Connection between the deaths of patroclus, hector and achilles. The gods are no longer bound by zeus" p(cid:396)o(cid:373)ise a(cid:374)d they (cid:272)a(cid:374) appea(cid:396) i(cid:374) (cid:271)attle i(cid:374) a(cid:374)y fo(cid:396)(cid:373) they like. He(cid:272)to(cid:396)" pa(cid:396)e(cid:374)ts plead with hi(cid:373) to e(cid:374)te(cid:396) t(cid:396)oy: priam pleads for he(cid:272)to(cid:396) to (cid:272)o(cid:373)e withi(cid:374) the (cid:272)ity"s walls, hecuba bears her breasts, reminds him of her nursing. He(cid:272)to(cid:396)"s solilo(cid:395)uy: glory vs shame, longest soliloquy, he cannot return to his former life, he is scared to be shamed (shame culture, he sees no other alternative but to stand his ground (heroic code) He is chased by achilles around troy. Horse race used as simile to actual race. Horse tamer- hector has now become the horse. Images of runners and horses, connected with an epithet. Gods as spectators- what is life and death for the mortals is simply a spectator fort for the gods.
