HUMA 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Heinrich Schliemann, Anchises
21 Oct 2016
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Monday, October 17, 2016
HUMA 1105 Lecture Notes
A Song of War
•Wrath of Achilles will be blamed for devastation.
•It is a very grim imagine of human carnage.
•It is death and uncontrolled emotion.
•It is a conflict between two Greek characters.
•There are moments of peace and compassion, despite the constant conflict and war.
•Death, darkness, destruction, and fear.
Phases of Time
•These are the demigods and Achilles’ children are who we’re talking about here.
•We are in a stable world where Zeus is in control with only minor conflicts.
•The text was put together in the Archaic Period (800-480 BCE). We’ve been living in
this period with these texts.
•They believe the Trojan War happened around 1200 BCE.
•Around the year 1200 BCE, almost total civilization collapsed, we don't know what it
was. It was big enough to disrupt populations.
•The Dark Age is when the stories of the Trojan War began.
•Homeric Epics were oral compositions created in the Iron Age.
Heinrich Schliemann
•He loved Homer and funded his own archeological project.
Backstory 1: The Judgement of Paris
•The war is between Achilles and Agamemnon.
•Who is the most beautiful goddess? Athene, Hera, or Aphrodite? All these goddess
go to Anchises and ask them to go with the most beautiful goddess. They all offer him
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Document Summary
We"ve been living in this period with these texts: they believe the trojan war happened around 1200 bce, around the year 1200 bce, almost total civilization collapsed, we don"t know what it was. It was big enough to disrupt populations: the dark age is when the stories of the trojan war began, homeric epics were oral compositions created in the iron age. Heinrich schliemann: he loved homer and funded his own archeological project. All these goddess go to anchises and ask them to go with the most beautiful goddess. Monday, october 17, 2016 something, he doesn"t want any of it except for aphrodite offering him helen and he says yes to that. Backstory 2: helen and her suitors: suitors came from all over greece to marry helen, she gets to choose, helen chooses to marry menelaus. War prize: agamemnon takes a girl and refuses to give her back.
