CLT 3370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Thyestes, Aegisthus, Erinyes
4 Dec 2016
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Menelaus" fleet was blown by storms to crete and then to egypt: he reunites w/ real helen. Menelaus had taken a phantom: only 5 ships survived, they couldn"t set sail due to lack of winds. Menelaus had to catch the sea-god proteus in order to know how to return home: 8 yrs after the end of the war. Back to sparta, he will meet telemachus and recount him his father"s adentures. After his death, he"s reunited w/helen on the isle of the blessed. An archaic god of rivers and sea: the old man of the sea , personification of the ever-changing nature of the sea, he can foretell the future, he constantly changes his shape to avoid having to. He attacked and wounded aphrodite, w/no regards for he deity. After the war, diomedes was able to return home immediately: aphrodite was in a hurry to take revenge on him.
