CLA 2323 Lecture 10: November 23 Lecture

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 2323
• Professor: David Sacks

Document Summary

Real troy dug up by schliemann sometime during the 1870s it was one of the civilizations of. Asia minor indo-european, probably, but not greek. Paints troy as capable of deceit and containing fatal flaws (paris is another example of this) Laomedon"s son is priam will be the great trojan king of the trojan war. His wife almost universally written in the latinized form hecuba/hekabe. Priam and hecuba have a number of royal children. Priam has 50 children by other wives and concubines as well, not all hecuba. Other children later: cassandra, paris (means pouch" like a bag, these three are the most famous children of priam. Before paris is born hecuba has a dream that she gives birth to burning log/stick that sets fire to troy ill omen burning stick is paris. When he is born parents realize he is going to be the doom of the city so they decide to kill him.