HUMAN 1A Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Thersites, Kleos, Odysseus
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Free; caused by the agent"s will; informed by reason; without excessive constraint. No agency = no politics+morality in the iliad. Derives from power and authority belongs to the one with the most power. traditional: power derives from a right relation to the sources of authority. Spoke from the perspective of an ordinary soldier. Achilles" power from the gods is a form of luck according to agememnon. Culture is of what one holds on to you and what you think of others. Shame binds its heroes to its social world. Security is the primary value over other values. Honor is given to the warrior while he/she is alive. Highest value in the iliad is unperishing glory. Honor, wealth and status given to warrior but has to risk everything. War guarantees the community in which the hero proves his merit by violating his community. War secures the values of the community but only by abrogating these values:
