CLA 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sea Peoples, Phrixus, Cypria

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 1101
• Professor: Heather Loube

Document Summary

The trojan war and the end of the palaces. *** learn all the places on the map for test next week! (eta) is for helen, hekaton (100) hh-200: leda and the swan (zeus) Result, 2 eggs from one helen and from the second her twin brothers. When hellen married, had a least 45 suitors (all heros) all swore to defend whoever helen"s father chose for her husband: menelaus (helen"s husband, king and queen of sparta) To the fairest : judgement of paris (prince of troy): Epic cycle of the trojan war (8 long poems) to be raised by chiron: chiron the centaur, cypria. So aphrodite made helen fall in love with paris during a visit and while menelaus was away, he took helen off to troy. But suitors promised to help him, so all past suitors forced to go to war. Think he is really 2 or more authors.