CLASSICS 2D03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Dactylic Hexameter, Trojan War, Homeric Hymns
3 Apr 2018
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In 1184 bc, likely, if it even happened at all. Archeologist heinrich schliemann (late 1800s) tries to discover remnants of troy. Discovered a civilization, thus claims it is troy and the trojan war existed. Homer maybe 850 bc, maybe older, maybe didn"t even exist. Homeric hymns" were poems written in this scansion, don"t know who wrote them. Oral poetry when the books were first composed" they weren"t written down. Iliad and odyssey: 24 books each because the greek alphabet has 24 letters. Iliad ends with the funeral of hector, trojan war still goes on. Iliad is about rage of achilles and hector standing up for his home town. Ilium= troy, hence the name iliad": the story of troy. First poem about rage and achilles and how he deals with it. Traditionally achilles is brought down by an arrow to the heel- inspired by. Been at war for 10 years, everyone is tired.
