MMW 11 Chapter Intro - Judgment of Paris: Lecture 25 Reading Assignment - Beginner's Guide to the Iliad

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 11
• Professor: David Jordan

Document Summary

Iliad = epic historical account written in verse by homer: homer was probably a man living all western coast of turkey. Important for understanding age of homer (~800 bc) and events described (~1200 bc) Parts 1-3: deals with story itself, part 1 = historical and mythological events preceding iliad, part 2 = synopsis of book, part 3 = what happens at troy at end of iliad. Part 4: more modern sees if story was true. Troy: troy aka ilium prospered ~3500 years ago on northwestern coast of turkey. Islands and cities across aegean sea and on greece mainland were rivals with. 1450-1250 bc war between trojan and greek cities: ~1200 bc trojan war takes place, neither greeks nor trojans were unified conflicts were between city-states and were plagued with internal strife and clashes. Paris: troy king priam and queen hecuba give birth to a boy, queen hecuba dreams that one of their babies will destroy city king and.