CLAS 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Aeschylus, Aegisthus, Clytemnestra

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Classical Culture
• Course: CLAS 1020
• Professor: Bianchelli

Document Summary

Society where people traveled a lot but there were no resorts (dependent on the good graces of citizen) Was expected of traveler to be thankful and nice. Composed by the same author as the iliad. Part of the same tradition as illiad. Son of zeus and hera (2 gods fighting all the time) Greeks saw him as a god who didn"t care about anything but war. Romans were warriors - considered ares very important and respected him. Venus is the only god ever represented as naked. In the iliad - took part in trojan war (greeks win) Given an apple and told to pick a woman and they will give him a gift. He picks aphrodite - gives him helen (already married) Menelaus goes to war (trojan and greeks) Mother dipped him into the river sticks - invincible except for on his heels. Tantalus - cut up his son and fed to god"s - sent to underworld.