CAMS 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sarpedon, Odysseus, Aristeia

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Epic poetry/iliad notes hexameter poem story of heroes/gods. Formulas- phrases and pairings of words that are reused. Thetis is a seanymph, peleus is mortal man. Eris (goddess of discord) not invited to wedding. Eris throws golden apple on table at wedding, apple says, for the most beautiful . Hera, athena, and aphrodite fight over the apple, ask zeus to pick who gets it. Zeus picks mortal man to judge, picks paris- prince of troy. Hera offers to make him king of all cities, athena offers to give him an unconquerable army, aphrodite offers the most beautiful woman in the world to be his wife. Helen is most beautiful woman in the world and the daughter of zeus, mother is. Helen"s real father (tyndareus) makes all suitors for helen take an oath. Helen chooses menelaus, the king of sparta. Paris is left alone with helen, takes helen and all wealth and sails back home.

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