CLAS104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Odysseus, Left Coast, Greek Hero Cult

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS104
• Professor: Ronald Kroeker

Document Summary

Agamemnon: agamemnon and menalaus had quarreled over the departure of return of greek leaders from troy so they parted company. Odysseus" plans: so when noucleus saw agamenon"s fleet approaching, he put the safe cone signs on area with rocky/dangerous so many of fleet dies. Finally winds and change and took them 7 years to get home: his marriage had survived. Made himself king over ten cities of crete. Story he used as to why he was such a great general. The odyssey: only homer"s odyssey that survived in full thus don"t know as many detail about other heroes, is all about odysseus getting home (10 yrs at war, 10 yrs to get home) Theme: the struggle of odysseus to regain his home: muse, speak to me now of that resourceful man, who wandered far and wide after ravaging, the sacred citadel of troy. Narrative structure not simple straight forward account of what happened.