CLAS 2520 Lecture 13: Trojan Myth Part 1 (Slides w/ Extra Lecture Notes)

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 2520
• Professor: Rob Nau

Document Summary

Locations: phthia, troy, sparta: wedding of peleus and thetis. He had take(cid:374) o(cid:448)er the thro(cid:449)(cid:374) fro(cid:373) his o(cid:449)(cid:374) father, so he does(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t the sa(cid:373)e thing to happen to him. They journey down to troy where paris is shepherding flocks (two versions: the goddesses disrobe so he can better judge their beauty, traditional: each goddess try to bribe paris for the apple. Hera offers him the chance to rule the biggest kingdom (most territory) Athena offers him the chance to be the best warrior on the battlefield. Aphrodite offers him the love/hand of the most beautiful woman in the world, Paris chooses aphrodite who receives the golden apple (apple of discord) who turns out to be helen: birth of helen. Zeus falls in love with either a mortal woman named leda (queen of sparta, married to. The result of all this is an egg. Helen hatches and as she grows up, word spreads about her beauty.