CLAS 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Sea Monster, Epigoni, Aethiopis
12 Dec 2017
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Myths: the mortal and immortal players and episodes that lead up to the trojan war. Motifs: oral composition and epic cycles, become familiar with common themes of the iliad. Alexander the great said to carry the iliad around with him. Storytelling tradition of a cycle of events: homeri opera: a theogony ( birth if the gods , titanomachia: battle b/t olympians and titans, oidipodeia: concersnt the oedipus cycle, including the kindapping of haemon by the. Paris, rape of helen: iliad: alterna6ve versions, but we have received the canon passed down from hellenis6c period, aethiopis: amazons & ethiopians; mainly deaths: penthesilea, thersites, memnon, And the greek troops that gather at ___ Laomedon: first king of troy (long history of troy!) Agreement he had with poseidon and apollo. Gave years stock of livestock, if they built walls: but he didn"t sacrifice the first time (hubris) They put a curse upon troy (sea monster from poseidon, and apollo says to sacrifice daughter)
