MMW 11 Chapter LA pages 198-214, 562-567; AHOWS pages 117-128 : Athens: Early Greece and the Rise of Democracy
15 Oct 2016
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Mmw 11 textbook notes: la pages 198-214, 562-567; ahows pages 117-128 athens: Muse: goddess, inspires singer: singer seen as channel through which memory and the divine deliver ancient stories. Dactylic hexameter: 6 feet based on rhythm of long syllable followed by 2 short syllables: tell stories while singing. Epithets: qualifying words used for central figures. Many poems are lost, only 2 remain. Story of achilles: wrath from being slighted by agamemnon, leaving the battle, killing of patroklos. Long life without fame or die young in battle, chooses to go to war: asks god to make him new armor. Homer"s poems connect with works of near east: achilles and patroklos = gilgamesh and enkidu, aphrodite = ishtar, odysseus in land of the dead = gilgamesh visiting utanapishtim. Violent, abusive, sexual language to humiliate enemies. Choosing between two women, chooses the younger and more inexperienced one. Only need to know 1 thing to win/get by/do well.
