CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sarpedon, Antilochus, Aristeia
7 Oct 2015
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Patroclus and achilles: achilles mocks, patroclus reproaches (nestor"s plan to wear achilles" armour, achilles" concession: only ght to save the ships, achilles is not logical: lose glory (if p wins) or lose his friend (if p loses) Fire on greek ships: patroclus arms and prepares to lead the myrmidons into battle, arming scene: standard part of epic poetry, achilles" solemn prayer to zeus (safe return of patroclus) Sarpedon, son of zeus: zeus is bound by fate, apollo tends to the body, sleep and death (brothers) carry the body away. Patroclus" folly: apollo"s intervention, hector deals the nal blow, patroclus" nal words (gloats, foreshadows hector"s death at the hand of achilles) Achilles" extreme grief: antilochus has to hold his hands, so not to kill himself. Wednesday, september 23, 2015: covers self with dirt, lies on ground, women surround him, mourning. Women mourning: slave women, thetis and her sisters, women and funerary ritual, foreshadowing achilles" death, substitute for the funerary scene.
