CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Trojan War, Cicones, Nekyia

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

Document Summary

Classics club rom trip- oct. 22, , tsh 712. Ody is very nervous about approaching- he"s (cid:374)aked, does(cid:374)"t th(cid:396)o(cid:449) hi(cid:373)self at he(cid:396) knees, falls to his own knees. Ody vs naus- contrast of ages, and harshness of war vs peaceful domesticity. Naus compared to artemis- chaste and untouchable (not dangerous side) Significance- ultra-respectful, polite and safe, also marks himself (carefully) as not interested in her sexually (non-threatening) Young women in greek myth- real danger (usually sexually violent, lesson for young greek girls to be careful), tf this scene is tense. Naus" atte(cid:374)da(cid:374)ts (cid:396)u(cid:374) a(cid:449)ay- the (cid:396)ight (cid:396)espo(cid:374)se to this (cid:862)da(cid:374)ge(cid:396)(cid:863) Ody"s spee(cid:272)h- clever, mentions her family and marriage (not mentioning him as a potential mate for her) Greeks typically see marriage as an economic transfer between male members- Ody says it"s a(cid:271)out a (cid:373)a(cid:374) a(cid:374)d (cid:449)o(cid:373)a(cid:374) li(cid:448)i(cid:374)g togethe(cid:396) (cid:449)ith 1 hea(cid:396)t a(cid:374)d (cid:373)i(cid:374)d, atypical. Penelope and ody are like-minded, clever- his (cid:373)a(cid:396)(cid:396)iage is (cid:449)hat (cid:373)akes ody"s nostos so important.