HUMA 1105 Lecture Notes - Achilles, Tiresias
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Books 3-4: the consequences of refusing the worship of bacchus. Images of tapestry and weaving i a reoccurring theme in book 6: the story of niobe. 602-614 in the iliad book 24: when priam comes to get hektor"s body from achilleus. Priam is mourning the loss of her son, just as niobe is mourning her loss of her husband and children. Hegel compares the suffering of niobe with mary. Niobe is boasting and is asking why isn"t she getting worshipped instead of latona: niobe goes on to belittle latona saying she only had 2 kids and she had 14. In the end, niobe is turned to stone and is whisked away to turkey and continues to weep in mourning. Laekia and the peasants: latona being excluded from the rest of the world, she wanders with her children. Juno is jealous of jupiter being the father and exiles her.