CLASSICS 2D03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5-10: Hubris, Trojan War, Dactylic Hexameter
3 Apr 2018
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Theoretically written by the same guy (homer) Same time period as the iliad, just a little bit later. Possibly a series of poems but together. Achilles (righteous, static) vs. odysseus (sneaky, flexible) Odysseus is pragmatic and a calculated killer when he has to be. First line of the first book can be translated to the man". Hubris = pride (but hubris is never a positive trait) In medias res = in the middle of things the story starts in the middle of things. Deus ex machine = the gods just wrapping up an ending. Gods have divine assembly about odysseus" homecoming, send telemachy. Gods meet for another divine assembly, stuck on island. All the greeks that fought in troy are home now except for odysseus. The god calypso is keeping him hostage because she wants to marry him. Talks about aegisthus marrying agamemnon"s wife and killing aga?- zeus and athena talk about bringing odysseus home.
