CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sarpedon, Antilochus, Hector

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Classics
• Course: CLASSICS 1B03
• Professor: Kathryn Mattison

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A(cid:272)hilles" (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)essio(cid:374); o(cid:374)l(cid:455) fight to sa(cid:448)e the ships. Achilles is not logical: lose glory or lose his friends: goes onto battle in achilles armour and must come back after defending the ships. If patroclus is too successful it will lessen achilles kleos. Patroclus arms and prepares to lead the myrmidons into battle. Arming scene: standard part of epic poetry: pat(cid:396)o(cid:272)lus take all of a(cid:272)hilles" a(cid:396)(cid:373)ou(cid:396) e(cid:454)(cid:272)ept his spea(cid:396) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h is said o(cid:374)l(cid:455) a(cid:272)hilles can handle. A(cid:272)hilles" sole(cid:373)(cid:374) p(cid:396)a(cid:455)e(cid:396) to zeus: safe return for patroclus. Sarpedon, son of zeus: patroclus kills him. Zeus is bound by fate: cannot save sarpedon. Apollo tends to the body: zeus se(cid:374)ds apollo to get a(cid:396)pedo(cid:374)"s (cid:271)od(cid:455) Sleep and death carry the body away: to take the body back to his home. Pat(cid:396)o(cid:272)lus" foll(cid:455: hips a(cid:396)e safe (cid:271)ut pat(cid:396)o(cid:272)lus" (cid:272)o(cid:374)ti(cid:374)ues to fight a(cid:374)d (cid:374)ot o(cid:271)e(cid:455)i(cid:374)g the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ds of. Achilles: takes a(cid:449)a(cid:455) pat(cid:396)o(cid:272)lus" a(cid:396)(cid:373)ou(cid:396) lea(cid:448)i(cid:374)g hi(cid:373) (cid:448)ul(cid:374)e(cid:396)a(cid:271)le.