ENGL 2111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scheria, Trojan War, Calypso Music
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I wish i had met my fate like them, and died on that day when the. Trojan host hurled their bronze-tipped spears at me while we fought for the corpse of achilles, son of peleus. Laodamas (alcinous" son: this love of competition symbolizes the drive the greeks have to ascend and conquer, the phaeacian feast, demodocus, the bard, sings about, ares and aphrodite"s love affair, hephaestus, aphrodite"s husband, knows. Priam"s daughter cassandra scream as clytemnestra killed her close beside me. I thought i was going to be welcomed home by my children and my servants, but her abominable crime has brought disgrace on herself and all women who shall come after--even on the good ones. Agamemnon to o: achilles, o hails achilles as the most fortunate man to ever live and. I knew when i saw him he was a bird of good omen.