CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Iliad, Clytemnestra, Homeric Question
15 Sep 2016
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Repeated words 7 phrases: epithets: adjectival phrases to describe a hero, army place, etc (ex: owl-eyed athena) Repetition would help them remember previous parts of the narratives: texts have rich oral tradition behind them; retelling of these stories happened for years and years. Dates: earliest performance = unknown, written transmission begins ca. 750 bce: book divisions, final editions after 323 bce, hellenistic-era scholars in alexandria, egypt who had the final editing. Homer: no certain information, rumor in antiquity: A blind bard; blind = believed to be divinely inspired. Physical blindness was often thought to reflect in particular, capacity for: homeric question sight in a divine level various controversy surrounding the authorship of the iliad and odyssey. Unitarians: believe one master poet responsible for writing both epics. Analysts: believe collaborative process or patchwork process for writing both epics (composed by may poets, one poet overseer, etc) 50 sons and 50 daughter of priam (not all by hecuba)
