Classical Studies 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Skyros, Hector, Helenus

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

Document Summary

Trojan allies slain by akhilleus: memnon of ethiopia, son of the dawn goddess, penthesilea, an amazon warrior queen. Thetis awards akhilleus" armour to the best of the achaeans : compare beauty contest. Aias, angry, plans to slaughter greek chiefs. Athena intervenes; delusional, he kills the army"s flocks instead. Doubly shamed (atimos), he commits suicide, using the sword hektor gave him after their duel. Prophecy: three conditions for troy"s fall: achilles" son neoptolemus (on skyros, bow of heracles (philoktetes on lemnos, statue of pallas athena (palladium) in troy. Neoptolemus will slay priam at the household altar (sacrilege) Bitten by a snake, he suffered a festering and agonizing wound that made him scream and stink. The greeks abandoned him on lemnos, where he lived alone for almost ten years. He had possession of the lethal bow of herakles. Odysseus and neoptolemus come to lemnos to bring him to troy to be healed and help sack the city.