CLST 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Trojan War, Impermanence
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Romans are the rulers of the world by right, almost as compensation for losing the trojan war. Compensation for their struggles -- become rulers of greeks. Greeks thought of history ending with trojan war (didn"t like to think about. Midas was thought of as ruling a luxury-loving, soft, weak people (phrygians) Roman orientalism-- thinking that the people of the east live in soft condition. But--- descended from trojans?? (losers of the war, soft eastern people?) Descended from venus-- goddess of love, told not to fight anymore after beaten. So, transformed from luxurious easterners to a tough people of the west. Romans are now rugged, powerful world rulers. Ovid takes apollodorus and re-orders some things, inserts: Apollo and daphne-- the first love story, apollo"s first love. Back to ovid"s roots as a love poet. The first love story is of daphne wanting to remain a virgin. Contrary to the genealogical format of creation.
