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Homer-The Iliad
Mycenaeans
• Destruction of societies
Who Was Homer?
• Wandering bard?
• Improvisation
Epics
• Definition
• Oral tradition
• One version or many?
What was the story about?
• The Rage of Achilles
Paris
• Runs away with Helen
Agamemnon, Menelaus
Patroculus
Plot
• Helen/Paris
• Anger of Achilles and its consequences
Themes
• Rage of Achilles
• Honor
Characters
• Achilles, Patroclus
Hector
• War leader of Trojans
• Complete man
Violent World
• Heroes die
• Contrast with peacetime
Gods
• Zeus, Hera
• Intervention or not
Heroes
• Best in their field
• Failure and death
Immortality
• What does it mean to be mortal?
• Acceptance of death
Homer-The Odyssey
Themes
• Return home
• Evil pay for their deeds
• Coming of age of Telemachus
• Mortality
Odysseus
• Not flawed
• Crafty and intelligent
– Trojan horse
– Monsters
– Mortality
Penelope
• Virtous
• Faithful
• Excellence
Plot
• Four sections
• Telemachy
• Calypso
• Adventures
• Ithaca
Similarities And Differences
Between Odyssey And Iliad
• Characters
• Time span
• Events
• Groups, gods, fighting
Lyric Poetry
Definition
• Short poems accompanied by the lyre or
other musical instrument
• Epic poetry differences-subject matter
• Two main forms
– Choral
– Monodic
Archilocus
• Life on the frontier
• Other themes
• Bawdy poems
Hesiod
Hesiod
• Theogony
• Works and Days
• Nine Muses
– Calliope-epic poetry
– Clio-history
– Euterpe-aulos playing
– Erato-poetry sung to lyre
– Terpsichore-dance
– Melpomeme-tragedy
– Thalia-comedy
– Polyhymnia-prayers/ritual
– Urania-astronomy
Sappho
• Most celebrated of the lyric poets
• Personal life
• As a poet
Pindar
• Victory odes
Alkman
• Choral odes
Alcaeus
• Civil wars
• Wine, women, and song
Alcaeus and Sappho
Solon
• Political poetry
Theognis
• Conservative poet
• Many laments
Gods and Mythology
Attributes
• Human-like
• Benevolent
• No priests
• Gods in common
• Origination
Hades/Persephone
• Similar to Isis/Osiris
Oracle of Delphi
• Source of prophecy and wisdom
• Questions
Getting the Gods Mad
• Hubris
• Ate
• Oath-breaking
Sacrifices
• Procedure
Greek Beliefs
• Mankind most important
• Heaven
Creation Legend
• Many stories
• Hesiod
Zeus
• Father of gods and men
• Philanderer
Hera
• Relationship with Zeus
• Protector of womankind
Poseidon
• God of oceans
Hades
• Underworld
• Persephone
Myths
• Heroes/heroines
• Rituals
• Reversals
• As history
Gods and Mythology
Attributes
• Human-like
• Benevolent
• No priests
• Gods in common
• Origination
Hades/Persephone
• Similar to Isis/Osiris
Oracle of Delphi
• Source of prophecy and wisdom
• Questions
Getting the Gods Mad
• Hubris
• Ate
• Oath-breaking
Sacrifices
• Procedure
Greek Beliefs
• Mankind most important
• Heaven
Creation Legend
• Many stories
• Hesiod
Zeus
• Father of gods and men
• Philanderer
Hera
• Relationship with Zeus
• Protector of womankind
Poseidon
• God of oceans
Hades
• Underworld
• Persephone
Myths
• Heroes/heroines
• Rituals
• Reversals
• As history