CLASSICS 1B03 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Trojan War, Hector, Hellenic Army
5 Oct 2016
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Heroic past: stories of gods and men. Epithets: adjective phrases to describe a hero, an army, a place. Book divisions, final editions: after 323 bce. Unitarians : one master poet responsible for both. Narrates a very short time frame within the trojan war. Story of illion (latin: ilium), the city we call troy. Begins in the final year of a ten-year war. Greek army: small kingdoms from all over greece. 50 sons and 50 daughters of priam (not all by hecuba) Thetis (nymph) is married to peleus (mortal) = achilles. Strife (eris) left off the guest list. Aphrodite: the most beautiful woman in the world. Agamemnon and achilles: a quarrel for honour. Underlying current of what celebration can do. The two sides meet; helen; men"s space and women"s space; two brothers contrasted. Wearing: panther skin, bow, sword - way too much gear. Most people choose one item that they"re terrific with, an only take it never all the gear.
