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Clas 220 1st Edition Lecture 9Iliad 21-24Quiz Questions 1. What is the name mortal’s use for the river Achilles fights? – Scamander 2. Which god helps Achilles kill Hector?—Athena 3. What does Achilles do with Hectors body? – Drags it behind his chariot 4. What does Achilles do to honor Patroclus? – elaborate funeral, funeral games, human sacrifice in his honor 19-24- Achilles reenters battle- Fights like a god and gets his revenge on Hector- This does not bring Patroclus back- 23- funeral games for Patroclus- 24- meeting with Priam- beg for his son’s body back so he can get a decent burial o Achilles cries with Priam and he thinks of his own father - Last two books reintegrate Achilles into the human world- Theme is care for the dead – your own dead and dead of your enemies. Achilles has let his feelings get the better of him though out the poem Slaughter at the River  Scamander (yellowish water)  Half of Trojan army runs towards troy Achilles kills Lykaon (Priam’s son) – and pushes him into the river  Since the river is a god he is not happy that Achilles keeps dumping bodies into the waters—they fight about it  Hephaestus rescues Achilles from the river (sets fire and boils the river) (fish and eel are boiled alive)Apollo tricks Achilles – delay things so that Trojans can go back to the city and be safe for the night All the Trojans go back to the city except for Hector—Priam asks him to come back but he stays anyway. Once Hector dies Priam will be defenseless Hector and Achilles race—run around the city walls of Troy 3 times Achilles chased Hector and was the better man – prize for the race is Hector’s life These 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.- Zeus is watching and wants to save Hector because he has sacrificed a lot for him - Cant get away from the chaser and cant get caught - Zeus weighs the scales and Achilles wins - Athena tricks Hector- disguised as his brother Deiphobos - Says two against one and Hector agrees but Athena leaves and now Hector is alone with Achilles - Since Hector is wearing Achilles armor still, Achilles knows the weak spots.- He spears Hector in the neck and then stabs him ties his to the chariot and drags his body around Achilles tries to sleep that night- once he finally does Patroclus appears to him in a dream—he forgot to bury him Funeral - Cremation- Cutting lock of hair- Libations poured into pyre- Rams sacrificed- Dogs sacrifices- Human sacrifice (12 captive Trojans)- All-night vigil- Achilles wants Hectors body to rot but the gods prevent it Funeral games for PatroclusAgon: competition, agony- Held in honor of dead heroes - Basis for Olympic games, other PanHellenic Games- Normally the dead hero awards the prizes- Achilles (soon to die) gives them out himself- Competitions- chariot racing, boxing, wrestling, footrace, footrace in armor, shot out, archery, javelin (preform naked- woman not invited to watch) - Provoke a lot of intensity - Chariot race- 1. Diomedes 2. Antilokohos (Son of Nestor) cheats 3. Menelaus (cheated against 4. Meriones 5. Eumelos (knocked off Chariot) Thetis and Achilles—tells him to take ransom and give hectors body back Priam mourns over Hector—he decided to go to Achilles and ask for the body back Achilles and Priam speak – gets on his knees and says his father will be in the same position soon and begs for Hector Achilles speaks- the gods don’t have to deal with the same problems that the heroes do Hectors funeral – now that he’s dead his son will die (Andromache states) The end.. then the amazon


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