[CAS CL 101] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 11 pages long Study Guide!
7 Feb 2017
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Tele(cid:373)a(cid:272)hus" rite of passage is bk. "s 1-4: boys taking life (war, girls giving life (birth) These stories are distant, but they shape our world: we can look at them w/ clarity, they organize our lives, homer introduces odysseus through telemachus b/c odysseus is not there. Mentor (athena) helps w/ your mind (she helped telemachus get a move on) Parnassos where the bull attacked odysseus & gave him the scar which eurykleia (old maid) saw when she was cleaning him & recognized him. Tries to instill fear & caution to odysseus b/c of his story. Lu(cid:272)ky you"re ali(cid:448)e (cid:894)kleos does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)atter if you are dead(cid:895: achilles, tiresias gives him a prophecy, elpenor crew member who got drunk & fell off the roof & died, opposite end of the spectrum: Tantalos king who killed his son & fed him to the gods (the gods cursed his family: menelaus & agamemnon descended from tantalos (cursed, punishment: can never eat or drink again.
