CLASSIC 30 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Homeric Hymns, Parthenogenesis, Theogony
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Immortal but troubled: how are gods represented in iliad. Crucial difference: because they can"t die, they can"t attain glory (kleos) thru death. Human"s names immortalized by being sung in iliad. But in homeric hymns they get glory/honor (hermes, apollo: bk1: athena restrains achilles. Maybe achilles had the idea of restraint & had an argument with himself in the head. Physical/abstract concept: gods on olympus at end of bk1. Extended olympian family quarreling & drinking violence under surface: hephaestus. Marries aphrodite who has an affair with ares: apollo on human condition: gods are what humans are to crawling bugs , sarpedon. Killed by patroclus (later killed by hector who took his armor who was then killed by achilles) Inconsistency in mythology about gods" body complex relationship with fate. Carried by sleep & death to his homeland (proper burial)
