Section 1
Origin of Trojan War
Wedding of Peleus and Thetis
Maneleus
- king of sparta
- brother of Agamemnom
- King of Mycenae
Greek Side
Hera
Athena
Agamemnon
Menaleus
Achilles
Odysseus
Ajax
Homer
Iliad - a story of 10 yr Trojan War
Odyssey - story of Odysseus's 10 yr journey home
Ilium - latin name for Troy
Invocation to the Muse
How an Epic poem opens
call or prayer to muse for inspiration
What is Eris
- Goddess of discord
- throws apple of discord
- asks Paris to judge
Who Fled to troy
- Paris
- Helen
Odysseus
- Greek side
- wins war by trickery
- King of Ithaca
Virgil
Aeneid - story of Aeneas's journeys after the war
In Media res
Latin phrase - in the middle of things
how epic poems begin
What is Paris
son of King Priam of Troy
gets killed after killing achilles
What happened when Agamemnom came home?
- Killed/sacrificed daughter Iphigenia for favorable winds
Patroclus
Killed by Hector while wearing Achilles' armor
Achilles best friend
Homecoming of Agamemnom
Agamemnom > Clytemnestra (afair w/ Aegisthus)
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Orestes (kills Clytemnestra and Aegisthus)
(Then punished by gods)
Stock Speech
Homeric epithet - name/phrase
long speech associated with a certain character, which is repeated over and over again
phrase/noun
Wine dark sea
Rosy fingered Dawn
Aphrodite
Athena
Hera
- 3 contestants for apple
Trojan Side
- Aphrodite
- King Priam
- Paris
- Hector
- Cassandra
Achilles
goes and tortures Hector and is then killed by Paris
Preview of Odysseus Homecoming
Odysseus-------------Penelope
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Telemachus
Stock Speech is _____ than a Homeric Epithet
Homeric Similies/Epic Simile
much longer
elaborate detailed comparison
many lines in length
Aphrodite (Helen)
- chosen as most beautiful women in the world
- she's already taken
- Married Maneleus
Both
Eris
Ares
Zeus
A ruse is a....
trick
Epic Poem full def.
a long narrative poem, detailing the adventures of a hero, told in formal or elevated language, replete with descriptions of battle and armor, whose hero exhibits the virtue of his culture and upon whose actions the fate of a nation depends.
What to know for test
Trojan War background mat.
- Homecoming of Agamemnom
- Definition of Epic Poem
- Define and identify 5 epic conventions