Classical Studies 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Calchas, Aristeia, Chryses

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2200
• Professor: Aara Suksi

Document Summary

Female models of behaviour in greek myth: both positive and negative models, reflect on female roles as daughters, wives, mothers. Background and causes of the trojan war: marriage of peleus and thetis, divine beauty contest, marriage of helen to menelaus, abduction of helen by paris. Covers a brief period of time in the final year of the ten-year trojan war. Crisis of achilles" wrath, withdrawal and return to battle. This involves the tragedy of hector, a trojan prince and warrior. The iliad ends with the reintegration of achilles and the funeral of hector. Disruption and restoration of ritual: supplication ritual with ransom (khryses, several fallen warriors, priam, funeral ritual (patroclus, several fallen warriors, hector) Ritualized forms of reciprocal exchange: violent (war, abduction) or peaceful (distribution of spoils, granting of prizes, ransom) Calchas (kalkhas) the prophet (sacred to apollo) for the greek army. Ajax (aias) strong defensive greek warrior. Nestor elderly greek warrior, great talker, remembers and represents the heroic past.