CLAS 2520 Lecture 14: Trojan Myth Part 2, Roman Heroes Part 1 (Slides w/ Extra Lecture Notes)

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 2520
• Professor: Rob Nau

Document Summary

Class (cid:1005)4 troja(cid:374) myth (cid:894)part (cid:1006)(cid:895) | ro(cid:373)a(cid:374) heroes. Note: in part 1, we covered the origin of the trojan war, which had its roots in the judgment of paris (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h gra(cid:374)ted (cid:448)i(cid:272)tor(cid:455) to aphrodite i(cid:374) e(cid:454)(cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge for hele(cid:374)(cid:859)s lo(cid:448)e for paris. Greeks had at the start of the e(cid:454)peditio(cid:374), i(cid:374)(cid:272)ludi(cid:374)g od(cid:455)sseus(cid:859) (cid:373)ad(cid:374)ess, fi(cid:374)di(cid:374)g a(cid:272)hilles, arte(cid:373)is(cid:859)s a(cid:374)ger, a(cid:374)d philo(cid:272)tetes(cid:859) s(cid:374)ake-bite. Note 2: the most famous poet for the greeks with the story of troy was homer who wrote the iliad (stuff about ilium which is an a(cid:374)(cid:272)ie(cid:374)t (cid:374)a(cid:373)e of tro(cid:455)(cid:895). It does(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:272)o(cid:448)er the full (cid:272)(cid:455)(cid:272)le, (cid:271)ut o(cid:374)e episode of the siege at troy. For 9 years, the greeks are at troy fighting trojans, but in the 10th year when the city is supposed to fall, many things happen. Myths at troy (when the greeks are sieging the city) Locations: troy, scyros, lemnos: achilles withdraws from battle.