CLST 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: In Medias Res, Skyros, Clytemnestra
26 Mar 2017
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She dips him but holds onto his ankle (achilles hill) Usually when a goddess sleeps with a male mortal she leaves after. Same with the gods (zeus and io, zeus and europa) Achilles raised by chiron (centaur who raised jason and asclepius) Athena, aphrodite and hera grab the apple. They ask paris to decide as he is the most handsome man around. Hera offers to make him the leader of a powerful kingdom. Aphrodite offers the most beautiful women as his bride. Hera and athena hate him for the rest of his life, they now also hate troy. Having intercourse outside of accepted social norms. Interpreted as helen running off with paris or being abducted. As a princess he sleeps with deidamia. Oath of the suitors has been broken. The other suitors honoured menelaus and vow to bring helen back. He yells that soldiers are coming and everyone flees except for achilles, and then he joins the expedition.
