CLA 1102 Lecture 1: Roman Civ(1)
10 Mar 2016
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Foundation of rome starts with the wedding of peleus and thetis (parents of achilles) Eris/discordia not invited to the wedding, she will destroy the wedding and fashions a golden apple. For the most beautiful - chucks into party. 3 goddesses ght of apple, claiming the apple belongs to them: juno, minerva & venus. Paris gets helen of sparta, takes her to troy (helen of troy) Menelaus gets greek eet to go to war (lasted 10 years) against troy, wants helen back. Trojan general aeneas escapes with son (iulus/ascanius). He escapes to italy near tiber river, where he creates his own city called lavinium (named after wife) son wants to be king of own city and nds city of alba longa. 13th and 14th are brothers: numitor (good) and amulius(bad). Rhea silvia is niece, makes her a forever virgin. She is listed by mars, who has sex with her. She bears twins, two boys named romulus and remus.
