CLAS104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Stesichorus, Clytemnestra, Cumulonimbus Cloud
15 Apr 2020
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The trojan saga and the illiad: cause of the war: judgement of paris, wedding of thetis & peleus: eris (uninvited) brings golden apple inscribed with to the fairest , paris, heroic stature: dream of his mother, exposure on mt. & romulus: the choice of paris: aphrodite (who bribed him with most beautiful woman) over athena and. Hera: helen, birth: daughter of zeus (as a swan) & leda; brother: polydeuces; half-sibs: clytemnestra & Helen chooses menelaus among many suitors, who must swear to protect the couple. Paris takes helen from his guest-friend menelaus and brings her to troy. Cf. alt. version of stesichorus: helen kept in egypt. Leaders in the war: priam (m. hecuba), king of troy, hector, the protector, aeneas, hope for the future, whom the romans choose as their forefather. So come, let us rescue him from death ourselves, for fear the son of cronus might just tower in rage if achilles kills this man.
