CLASSICS 1B03- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 25 pages long!)

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Classics
• Course: CLASSICS 1B03
• Professor: Kathryn Mattison

Document Summary

9 years after start of trojan war, poet invokes aid of a muse to tell story of rage of. Greeks capture chryseis and briseis- agamemnon takes chryseis, achilles briseis. Chryseis" father is a priest of god apollo, aga(cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:374)o(cid:374) refuses to give her back to him. Chryses prays to apollo for help, apollo sends plagues on greeks. Agamemnon will only give up chryseis if achilles gives him briseis, humiliates him. They"re a(cid:271)out to kill ea(cid:272)h other (cid:449)he(cid:374) athe(cid:374)a a(cid:374)d nestor get the(cid:373) to stop\ Agamemnon gives back chryseis and steals briseis. Achilles refuses to fight any battle now, thetis will ask zeus for help. Zeus agrees to help trojans, though hera is furious. Paris, (cid:449)ho stole me(cid:374)elaus" (cid:449)ife hele(cid:374), (cid:272)halle(cid:374)ges greeks to single combat with anyone. Menelaus steps forward and paris pussies out until hector is like get ur ass in there. Paris is like, this is the be all end all battle, u can go home when this is over.