CLAS 203 Quiz: Homer odyssey full notes
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Doesn"t mean that we should stop seeing the iliad as a mythological account. Menelaus: king of sparta, brother of agamemnon, husband of helen. Patroclus: relationship with achilles more than cousins, more than friends. His lover? the iliad never explicitly mentions that they are lovers but the later writing reveal that it was a model of male romantic love. Hector: trojan prince (one of the many sons of king priam of troy, brother of paris, great champion, warrior gods for the greeks, athena, hera, hephaestus, poseidon, hermes. Hera"s promise to paris that he will be master of all asia if he says to her that she is the most beautiful. Athena"s promise to paris that he will never lose a battle if he selects her. Aphrodite"s promise to paris that the most beautiful mortal (helen) will fall in love with him if he selects her.
