HUMA 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Achilles, Asteropaios, Theomachy
25 Mar 2014
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Starts with the counsel of the gods. theomachy-battle of the gods. Achilleus chases the trojans in 2 directions-one towards the city, one to river. Hephastisos and skamandros have a battle (water vs. fire) The trojans become slaughtered in the river xanthos, the waters o the river turns red. Achilleus in his anger said he was going to slaughter 12 trojan children. 26-28: they were sacrifices in memory of patroklos. Son of priam is killed even after he escapes the river. Achilleus responds by saying no one can escape from death. 128-135: achilleus is going to ultimately kill hektor, but also more trojans. 141: xanthos (the river god) inspires asteropaios that he can be brave enough to match his fighting skills with achilleus. Asteropaios traces his lineage back to a river god, achilleus does the same but to zeus. He is slaughtered at the hands of achilleus. Many river gods have a play in this book.
