CLA 2444 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Elgin Marbles, Pediment, Lapiths
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Triumph of greek courage and piety over the persians. Engraving on the west wide of the parthenon. Engraving on the east side of parthenon. Show symbols of the greek victory over the persians. Follows the perimeter of the building entirely. Removes ~ of the original marble from the original. Debate that the frieze may represent a scene of royal sacrifice. Asks for his daughter, chryseis, after she was taken as a spoil of war. Agamemnon refuses, says it would give him no joy. Chryses prays to apollo to punish agamemnon. Apollo uses his bow to send plague to the. Summoned to rape the mother of apollo, leto. Boasts she has 14 kids, while leto only had 2. Apollo and artemis kill all 14 kids. Asks that nobody should receive leto or her children. Leto promises honor to delos should they accept her children.
