AHCL 2105H Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Anax, Solonian Constitution, Aristoi
15 Mar 2017
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Reminder: thursday class is in gzowski 115: sculptures of bust and head of homer and hesiod was most likely not accurate. Orality: comparative studies, other (interlinked?) stories, other writings. Living traditions: recitation from canvas: the epic cycle (on troy). In narrative order: cypria, aethiopis, little iliad, the illipersis, the nostoi, telegony: titanomachy, theban cycle, argonautica. Can we get history from myth: mythological individuals, mythological locales. Corinth, athens: sign that these two places are not as important during the time of homer, catalogue of ships (iliad 2. 484-760) Mythological events: records of tudhaliyas i (c. 1440-1410 bc): troisa and wilusiya, records of muwatallis (1296-1272 bc) kingdom wilusa being ruled by one alaksandus, 13th century chronicles: ahhiyawa, lazpas, song of roland. Language patterns: narratives in mycenaean times, continuous epic tradition, creation of epic distance, e. g. bronze weapons, unconscious bronze age features, wanax, exile, possibly culturally transmitted.
