CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Helenus, Augur, Hector
31 Aug 2016
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The two sides meet; helen: men"s space and women"s space; two brothers contrasted. Homeric simile (a compares between 2 things like or as) Drawing on the nature to understand the war: natural world = obscure myth, invokes noise and confusion. Menelaus and paris: paris is not really an warrior his gear is shows that, paris: not a warrior. On the battlefield: sacrifices and prayers to the gods to win wars, soldiers ready to go home, menelaus far the stronger, aphrodite intervenes. Aphrodite"s and helen: freighting goddess, good of sex and desire. Paris and helen: reenacting and original seduction. Back on the battlefield: menelaus"s fury (looking for paris but he has disappear, agamemnon"s proposition, but nothing is resolved at the end of this book. Helenus: brother of hector, augur; interpreter of signs. Glaucus and diomedes: xenia: hospitality, both sides honor this custom, homer shows the differences and how they live similarly, how people are not so different.
