CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture 4: 4) The Illiad Part 1
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Olde business: forced into tasks because of the wife of buddy saying he raped her, proetus (or proitos, sthneneboea. Perseus: acrisius, danae, perseus, 3 old women (one eye, winged sandals, kibisis (bag, hermes" cap, gorgon (medusa, pegasus comes from the blook of beheaded medusa, ethiopia. Styx: phoenix kind of tutor, kind of old friend, best friend was patroclus, were they lovers, best friends, apollodorus suggests he lives in the house of peleus and became a lover of achilles. The judgement of paris: helen didn"t just leave menelaus but also her family and children. He didn"t know what to do and he was the king of sparta and he was nervous whoever she chooses the others will kill him. He has the idea to have everyone swear an oath to protect the marriage to whoever she chooses: clytemnestra (helen"s half sister) is going to be married off to.