CLA204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Odysseus, Choke Point
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Stories were passed down via oral tradition. Figure shrouded in mystery- nothing definite is known about him (debate about his birth, life, death) Wrote about it in 800 bc so who"s to say. Iliad- 47 days of the trojan war is spoken about. All the gods and goddesses are invited, except for eris ( strife ) Rolls in the golden apple, may the most beautiful goddess take it . Zeus declines to decide who among hera, athena and aphrodite is the fairest. Odysseus and melanus try to negotiate but fail. Agamemnon steals achilles war prize and he no longer wants to fight anymore. Dedicated, doesn"t sulk, brave, caring, good husband, devoted, roman. The last lines of the of the iliad is about the death and life of hector- his father begs. Achilles to give the body of his son for a proper burial. The hellespoint always a critical choke point between the east and the west.
