Classical Studies 2200 Lecture 14: Classics Lecture 14 - Jan 17

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After the iliad: more stories from the epic cycle + the odyssey part 1. Before the fall of toy: trojan allies are slain by akhilleus. Memnon of ethiopia, son of the dawn goddess: ethiopia is known as the furthest you can get away from everything, representation of an other | coming from a very faraway place, exotic. Penthesilea, an amazon warrior queen: even more of an other , female, amazon warrior, from another realm/hemisphere entirely. Story of how akhilleus met the warrior queen: she was slain without. Akhilleus knowing who she is, her helmet falls off and he sees who she is and falls in love with her. Death of akhilleus: the archer is taunted as a coward, because he does not meet his opponent face-to-face. Paris is the archer; whom hector chastised for not stepping foot into battle and sticking to the bedroom with.

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