HIST 2020 Lecture 3: Hist2020 Lecture #3 (09.26.16)
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Homeric themes and intertextuality: dactylic hexameter. Used as structure so that the poem could be memorized and repeated. Odysseus(cid:859) jour(cid:374)ey refle(cid:272)ts the histori(cid:272) (cid:272)ollapse of the a(cid:374)(cid:272)ie(cid:374)t bro(cid:374)ze age cities: his journey also takes him on a similar journey of how greeks settled around the. Sieges: the center of homeric tradition is a story of a war beginning with a siege. Cold mountain begins with the siege of petersburg: the ancient greeks needed a ruse in order to conclude the siege. The northern troops use the trick of explosives under the rebel army. Notice the men are dirty who are placing the explosives, in order to exemplify the underhanded techniques used. Disrespect of the dead: the movies show men taking valuable items from the dead (eg boots, a (cid:373)etaphor to a(cid:272)hilles poor treat(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of he(cid:272)tor(cid:859)s (cid:271)ody. Our main character: at war, but clearly not there for the honour, such as achilles, his heart is elsewhere.
