CLA204H1 Lecture : CLA204 13th class
Document Summary
Heroes punish wicked, help good, and break moulds with their own behaviour. Can be transgresive of same justice they do. Iliad only tells about a small section of the trojan war. Iliad talks abt 2 weeks period of 10yr war. Ppl say author is homer but that"s not accurate, much larger changing tradition. Thetis is an immortal nymph and a mortal human man peleus. Zeus was interested in thetis but if he had a child with her then their child would overthrow him. Hera is happy so throws a lavish wedding and so all gods are invited. Achilles is skilled in fighting, music and poetry. She doesn"t succeed in making him immortal, he is more than average human beings, more invulnerable then others. Paris is a trojan from the other side of aegean sea. Paris has dream gives birth to flaming torch goes to prophet, which tells her that if she lets him live, city of troy will fall.
