CLAS 55- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 30 pages long!)
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Opens on the fight between achilles and agamemnon. 3- agamemnon refuses chryses ransom for his daughter. Starting from middle to past and explain thoroughly back to where you were. Chryses: old man, priest of apollo, has staff of apollo. Chryses pleas to apollo (lord of the silver bow) and asks him to bring upon revenge to the danaans. To plea: must ask precise god (lord of the silver bow/ lyre etc. ), reminds god of good favor he"s been to the god, and then makes request. Do ut des i give in order for you to give. Line 53: nine days of plague then on 10th day a meeting is held. 9 is a long long time, and 10 is when something happens (i. e. been in troy for 9 years and now iliad happens 10th year) Line 101: agamemnon wants his own prize, he"ll return his prize if he gets somebody else"s.
