CLAA06H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dactylic Hexameter, Chryseis, Albert Lord
11 Apr 2016
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Segment 1: the world of the iliad: heroes glory and myth. Introduction to homer: earliest author in greek language (ca. Set in greeks distant past: apparently late bronze age (ca. Intro to the iliad: tells one myth in long cycle of myths surrounding trojan war. Covers only a few months in 10yr siege. Complicated and interesting partly due to amount of fods heroes and events involved. Helen wooed by suitors and choses menelaus [used to be helen of sparta] Father makes husband promise that if shes stolen then the husband must fight. Agememnon king gathers greek kings onbehalf of m. Book 1: appllo angry at greeks for raiding the city and a taken chryseis as his slave// Apollo kills greeks to get back c// a takes achilles slave briseis// achilles gets angry and refuses to fight and pulls strings so that greeks will get killed. Book 5: diomedes goes on rampage and kills trojans.
