CLASS254 Lecture 8: Class 8

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Trojan war: homeric epics: iliad, odyssey. Tells the story of achilles" anger (iliad) during the war, and. Odysseus quest and homecoming after the war (odyssey) The story is set in earlier times". The basic scenario: a high greek king with large armada attacking. Troy in pursuit of an abducted woman and in revenge for ill- received hospitality. Protagonists: agamemnon (ruler of mycenae), menelaos (ruler of. Sparta), achilles (ruler of phthia), patroklos, achilles" friend, Odysseus (ruler of ithaka), helen (wife of menelaos), priam (ruler of troy), paris/alexander, hector (sons of priam), hecuba, (wife of. Priam), andromache (wife of hector), penelope (wife of odysseus) Is there any indication of a war in the archaeological record: external evidence from hittite sources: Troy: (wilusa, ilion") vassal state of hittite empire. Hittite records suggest that hittites feared too much influence of the mycenaean greeks (the achayawa" (achaeans)) in the region. Mid 13th century bce: hittite records: mycenaeans captured skilled workers from lesbos.

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