CLST 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Orality, Omen, Chryseis
6 Mar 2016
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The war of troy (ilion): legend and history. Epics: ilion where iliad gets it name. After the fall of troy completely changed the greek world the dorian invasion. Ancient greeks referred to the invasion and return of the descendants of. Issue among scholars still the debates have been decades, some scholars who believe that dorian"s were already there, then settled in peloponnesian area. Other, came from other areas of the balkans. Important to remember: distinquish for the greek language dialects, makes ancient greek different from latin (which has no dialects). The prior event: zeus is told by promethus that thetis will have a son that could challenge the power of zeus, to avoid this, he arranged a marriage to. Peleus, a mortal, since half-mortal, half-divine, not as strong. Thetis is a nymph of the sea. Hera royal power. (but prince already) Athena victory in war. (paris not interested in showing himself as a brave warrior)
