HI131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Euripides, Odysseus, Clytemnestra
Document Summary
Leeming: inspiration and understanding from ancient stories: e. g. w. berry, following the approach of joseph campbell, the roles of heroines: harris and platzner, classical mythology: images and insights. Heroines: lovers, mothers, and wives, heroism from connection to hero and/or god, e. g. parade of women in odyssey 11, women are praised for their connection with gods or heroes, not for what they actually did. The happiness expected of the woman: because of the greatness of the divine lover, e. g. apollo to demeter after rape of persephone (hades took. Persephone and apollo basically told demeter, persephone"s mother to get over the loss of her daughter because hades is a great god to have as a lover: because of the greatness of the divine child. Suffering e. g. andromache, faithful wife of hector: widowed, astyanax killed, enslaved. Nb: male heroes suffer but actively not passively, e. g. much suffering odysseus, e. g. the choice of achilles.
