CLASSICS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Odysseus, Exemplum, Sarpedon
31 Aug 2016
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Death and burial; embassy to achilles; fighting at the great wall. Importance of burial for religious reasons (person"s afterlife) and social reasons. Poseidon is angry that the people building the wall haven"t sacrificed anything. Damage control; removes agamemnon from the public; sets a guard on the camp. Vast list of honorific gifts but he wants achilles to acknowledge agamemnon"s worth. Origin of the lyre: past prowess on battlefield. A recap of the events of the war. He suggests to achilles to kill hector. Doesn"t speak poorly of agamemnon and doesn"t tell him that he agamemnon admitted he was wrong. No personal connection; speaking to the heroic code. A father figure to achilles, has been around since he was a child. Classics introduction to ancient myth and literature dr. k mattison 09. 18. 205. Thinks achilles has become impossible to deal with. Nestor"s plan is to have patroclus enter battle in achilles" armour. Establishing his character for his death in book 16.
