CLASSICS 224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Little Iliad, Aegisthus, Walter Burkert
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The final: kleos, time, nostos, xenia, hubris. Glory on the field of battle or victory over one"s adversaries. The mechanism whereby the glory won on the battle field is then redeemed. The guest and hosts relationship in the greek world (often involves the exchange of gifts). Understand how these ideas influence and guide the development how these ideas influence . Be familiar with the narratives of medea and why they are unusual. What is the underlying cause of the trojan war: why does this cause effectively predict the war"s outcome. The iliad: story of the rage of achilles, illios is another name for troy, the ending: tragic death of hector, the aetheopus. Achilles kills him at the end: the little iliad, the amazons help the trojans fight, one amazon is very very good (no one knows she"s a woman) Achilles wants to increase glory by killing the warrior.