CLAS 430 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Protesilaus
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King was priam and queen was hecabe. Hector was one of the sons and greatest trojan warrior. Paris was another one: hecabe had a dream of firebrand when she was pregnant w/ him. Instead of giving birth to a child, she saw that she gave birth to a torch: showed that he will bring destruction to the city, he was exposed at birth but was rescued and raised outside the city. There was a wedding between a human and a goddess. Ares sneaks in and rolls an apple across the floor. Paris accepted aphrodite"s gift over the others. He had to go and get helen, triggering a greek alliance for war. At this point, paris found out he was a prince and is not living in troy. All gathered at aulis to set sail. In charge of army was agamemnon: accidentally angered artemis. Artemis used winds to prevent fleet from sailing. To satisfy, they had to sacrifice agamemnon"s daughter.
