CLASSIC 30 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Hexameter, Aeneid, Odysseus
Document Summary
On them i impose no limits of time or place. I have given them an empire that will know no end - Middles - in the middle of the action: metamorphoses constant continuation; ends with the notion that the story won"t end. Change in bodily form, often from anthropomorphic to natural. New means of myth to explore identity: p65 (narcissus) Paradox between stuck inside body and engaging it. Her loviness thwarts her desire turned into a cow. Connected to river (daughters of river gods) -> fluidity. Competition b/ apollo & cupid -> cupid wins -> end of martial era to love era. Fast runner (metamorphosis: running from one myth to the next) Mercury kills argus, 100 eye -> peacock. Chased by juno"s fury all over world. Juno asks for her and has argus guard. Regains shape -> goddess: story of syrinx.
