HUM-2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Actor, Lysippos, Lysistrata
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Homer: work recorded around 800 bc, wrote in a language not spoken. So (cid:374)o polis (cid:272)ould (cid:272)lai(cid:373) ho(cid:373)e(cid:396) as it"s ow(cid:374: shows the graphic horrors of war and compares it to peace. Achilles: main protagonist of iliad, acknowledged as the greatest warrior, half god half mortal, acts too much like a god, does(cid:374)"t (cid:272)a(cid:396)e a(cid:271)out his fathe(cid:396) Agamemnon: main antagonist of iliad, great leader, chryseis war prize. Achilles asks for him to give him back. Gods got angry and sent plague: steals briseis, achilles war prize, acts too much like a king. His fatal flaw: more concerned about his comfort, less concerned about glory. Briseis: war prize of achilles, agamemnon tried to take her as compensation for returning chryseis. Helen: seduced in greece by trojan, paris, most beautiful woman in the world. Paris: very vain, concerned about looks, seduces helen, takes her to troy. Hecuba: queen of troy, wife of priam, mother of hektor and paris.
