ENGB30 Chapter : Macpherson - The Tale of Troy - Lec 18.docx

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Main source of tales of the trojan war. The odyssey (= matter of odysseus: epic poems compiled from earlier oral literature. ); tradition of homer as blind wandering bard. Put down what were already myths from his lifetime. Not an original teller of the story: the iliad generally accepted as the oldest literary work in western history. Aegean sea is to east of greece. Adriatic sea is to west of greece. Odysseus is from ithaca very far away from most of the heroes come from. Eris"s golden apple: for the fairest : eris: goddess of discord & chaos; born of nyx, paris"s judgment of the three goddesses. Zeus does not want to decide so sends the goddesses down to earth. Paris needs to decide whom to give the apple to. The goddesses tempt him with these gifts: Paris visits menelaus due to xenia menelaus welcomes paris with kindness.

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