CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Theomachy, Aristeia, Lycians
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In media res (in the middle of) ab ovo (starting from the beginning) Aristeia (excellence, episode of epic, a hero reaching its finest moments) Zeus wakes up and tells the gods to stop meddling. Patroclus borrows achilles" armor- achilles warns him to come back as soon as trojans retreat. *zeus inspires patroclus to keep fighting, apollo helps lycians and trojans. There is a saying that you cannot rest properly if after death you"re not buried. *wants to rejoin the battle thetis gets hephaistos" armor for. Reconciliation with agamemnon- agamemnon blames zeus for their quarrel. Achilles defeats aeneas but the gods save him. Achilles goes on a rampage and he slays so many trojans that the river"s color turns into red and rivers try to drown him, but is saved by the gods. Trojans flee for their protection in sight of achilles. Chase around the walls achilles is after hector. Runs away from achilles (turning your back on the enemies)
