CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Iliad, Odysseus, Defensive Wall
6 Oct 2016
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Greeks decide to build a wall around their camp. Trojans hold an assembly- someone suggests that they return helen. Paris refuses and proposes that they return the goods but not helen. Greeks reject the offer to return the objects without helen. The greeks and trojans form a temporary truce to bury their dead. Importance of burial for religious reasons and social reasons. Important for remaining soldiers to know that their bodies will be properly buried when they die. Poseidon is upset that the greeks did not make a sacrifice before building their wall. Apollo is worried that the greek wall will become more famous than the wall of troy (apollo and poseidon helped build the wall of troy) Zeus tells apollo that when the greeks leave they can knock it down, to prevent it from becoming more famous than the wall of troy. Trojans gain the upperhand, greek army begins to decline without achilles.
