Classical Studies 2300 Final: classic midterm review

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2300
• Professor: Charles Stocking

Document Summary

Patroclus: agamemnon, odysseus , nestor , ajax . Iliad: achilles best of the achaeans [i. e. greeks] Son of mortal, peleus, and goddess thetis. Thetis was supposed to marry zeus and her child would have been. So thetis was married off to mortal peleus. Went to battle in place of achilles. Killed by the torjan prince hector: agamemnon- leader of the greek army. Brother of menelaos (menelaos is married to helen: odysseus one of the other leaders of the greeks. Spends 10 years trying to get home: nestor wisest and oldest of the greeks at troy, ajax second best of the achaeans, known for strength (purely mortal) Iliad: agamemnon (leader of greek army) takes daughter of priest of apollo as war. Prize: apollo gets angry (death of achaeans (greeks) by plague, agamemnon give daughter back, agamemnon takes war prize of achilles, achilles gets angry (death of achaeans by zeus) The funeral games for patroclus: achilles as distributor.