HUM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ringfort, Basileus
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Homer"s world the world that he is describing. The poem is written almost 3,000 years ago but the world he"s describing is about 400/500 years older. The world he is describing is not necessarily the world he is living in, different customs and concepts. Basileus: a person who rules over a group of people, they owe military service to him. Women in these families have little status, other outside women have virtually no status. City: polis derives from politics: the climate of polis is like southern california, warm days but does not get super hot. Sons in society are very important, they have class status comes from his father. Odisius: really good at war, shorter, broad/thick, great wrestler, really good at thinking, smart, very clever, natural leader, possess arete. Physically if you possess arete you are strong, he"s dangerous. Mentally you have to have the ability to find/solve problems. Morally you inspire your followers, they want to follow you.
