CLAS-2701 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Trojan War, Deiphobus, Menelaus
4 Aug 2019
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Stories connected to it become more important. Thebes, mycenae: ending generational trauma, family curse. Hera: paris will be king of asia. Aphrodite: paris will marry helen - she wins. Runs away to troy with treasures of sparta. Helen had been courted yb all greek kings. All suitors swore to uphold her marriage. A guest while thyestes and aegisthus ruled mycenae. All greek kings must now recover helen. Hera, athena, apollo, poseidon had tried to chain zeus. Ganymedes and one son, sarpedon, is a trojan ally. But more interested in keeping harmony in olympus. And has plan to reduce population on earth. Results: accept war, discourages involvement of gods. Cassandra is always right but no one ever believes her. Odysseus (clever) - has relationship with athena. Thetis had bathed achilles in the river styx. Making him completely invulnerable except his heel. Parents sent him to island of scyros.
