CLAS 1000 1st Edition Lecture 5Outline of Last Lecture II. Epic Encounters: Early Archaic (800-700BC)A. Homera. Heroic ethic (…xenia, ate, hubris)b. Iliadi. Preliminary remarks (Trojan War, Achilles, menis, issues) ii. Book 1 – Apollon’s priest, the crisis of timéOutline of Current Lecture I. Book 1II. Book 2III. Book 3IV. Book 6Current LectureBook 1: after Achilles is stopped from killing Agamemnon, he says he will no longer be fighting in the war- Thetis- goddess, mother of Achilleso Unexpected emotional scene between themo THEME throughout Iliad: Parenthood, the relationship between mother/son, father/son, etc. (Thetis/Achilles, Chryses/Chryseus)o Immortal Thetis is facing the death of her mortal son- Achilles’ father was a mortal.- Achilles is concerned about his loss of timé because he was publically humiliated about bringing the plague to his people- Achilles requests Thetis to get Zeus’ helpThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.o Wants Zeus to get the Greek army to fight, and lose miserably for a while so that they will come crawling back to Achilles, begging for his help.- Kharis: Thetis and Zeus- Thetis did something for Zeus a long time ago, Zeus needs todo something for Thetis to maintain equalityo Zeus agrees to help Trojans get the upper hand - Quarrel of the Gods: Zeus and Hera o Thetis approaches Zeus to ask for reciprocation  Hera (his wife) his jealouso This pisses Zeus off, he threatens Hera with domestic violence This pisses off the other gods, but they are too afraid to stop Zeus because he is the god of all godso This is a reflection of the mortal world- a quarrel over women, much like that of Agamemnon and Achilles in the beginning of Book 1. o Hephaestus plays the food and reminds his mother, Hera, of Zeus’ power, thistemporarily resolves the quarrel between Zeus and HeraBook 2: - Agamemnon:o Areté- his royalty/lineage  he is the most royal Greek Had the most money/land/soldiers However, he is not a good leader- ** There is not yet one nation called Greece, there are still many small kingdoms that are completely independent of one another and each has their own king.o Agamemnon cannot tell Achilles to stay and fight because he is from a different kingdom in Greece and cannot be controlled him.- Oath of Tyndareus- Helen, the daughter of Zeus, gets to choose her husband once she is of age. She chose Menelaus. This oath states that all other kings must unconditionally defend Menelaus against whoever should quarrel with him.- Zeus’ deceptive dream – if they attack Troy today, Greece will wino Zeus goes to the army and tells that to just give up and go home, hoping they would be self motivated enough to stay and fight harder than ever before, but instead they happily pack their bags to go home. NOT WHAT HE WANTED TO HAPPEN. This shows a failure of Agamemnon’s leadership over his army.- Insecurity of timé/ kleos: Agamemnon inherited large trophy case (timé) but is not good at putting trophies (kleos) in it. This makes him insecure.- Thersites:o The voice of the common mano Says similar things to what Achilles says about Agamemnon and the war – “we doall this fighting/hard work so you can just get rich” Achilles is allowed to say this because he is on the same level as Agamemnon, but Thersites is not. Aristocratic Society:- Hearing Thersites say this is hardly a threat to Agamemnon because Thersites is “less of a man” then he is.o Greeks appearance vs. reality deception: They believed that beautiful people were more important people and ugly people were less important.o Hubris- the crossing of a boundary Thersites is speaking up in a situation where he isn’t allowed. Kind of like Hephaestus in book one – both make a fool of themselvesBook Three:- Menelaus and Paris duel: winner takes Heleno Both are considered heroes- someone who is important (good or bad)o Warrior (Menelaus) vs. Pretty Boy (Paris) – obvious who winso Aphrodite’s swoops in to save Paris from being killed, he is her favorite Paris picked Aphrodite in a beauty contest Paris is whisked away from the duel and dropped into bedroom  Aphrodite goes to Helen  Helen doesn’t want to sleep with Paris Aphrodite pulls rank on Helen and makes her go to the bedroom with Paris Helen has to listen to the goddess, but doesn’t have to be nice- She tries to shames Paris for laying in bed instead of laying in bed- They are the perfect pair: both beautiful, they are also the most dysfunctional pairBook 6:- Encounter between Glaucos and Diamedes on battlefieldo Glaucos is distinguished by his armor made of gold (gold is a symbol for immortality) o Diamedes asks Glaucos, “are you a god or nah?”  Hubristic- it is impossible for a mortal to fight a godo Glaucos says he is not a god, he begins talking about family history in the middle of the war Genealogical pride Timé is inherited, he has a nice family Kleos- he is still to young to have filled his trophy case Feels insecure/pressure to measure up and surpass father and his