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The Trojan Cycle
The Trojan CycleThe Prophecy: a
beginning!Achilles is
destined to “far surpass his father.”
The Trojan Cycle
the wedding Peleus and Thetis Chaos/ Discordia tosses in the Golden
Apple The promise of Venus to Paris
The Trojan Cycle The abduction
Violation of Guest - Host Customs
The Greeks Prepare for War
The Iliad
Homer Most significant
Greek author Did he exist? Oral tradition Dactylic hexameter Formulaic
composition Oldest extant works
of Greek literature
Iliad Story of the ninth
year of the Trojan war
The insult and the wrath
Achilles sits out of battle
Hector kills patroclus
Achilles destroys hector
Priam’s appeal
The Odyssey The story of the
journey of Odysseus and his men trying to get home after the Trojan War.
10 years an epic about
humans on the journey of life overcoming temptations along the way.
CharactersOdysseus (Ulysses in Latin)Eurylochus - one of the crew
membersTelemachus - Son of
Odysseus, infant when he left for Troy, but old enough to aid parents in Odyssey
Penelope - wife of odysseus, fends off suitors
MonstersPolyphemus - cyclopsScylla - monster with 12 feet and 6
heads with 3 rows of teeth, carries off a sailor in each mouth
Charybdis - 3 times a day pulls sailors into her whirlpool
Sirens - group of females who lured sailors by their singing
Deities Circe - goddess, enchantress, who turned
men into swine Helios - the sun (distinct from Apollo, the
sun god) Zeus (Jupiter in Latin) - leader of the gods Athena - Goddess of wisdom and warriors Poseidon - god of the sea Calypso - nymph who holds odysseus
prisoner for seven years
The NostoiNostoi -
homecomingsOther, lesser epics
that do not survive.Greek dramatic
triology Oresteia relates the homecoming of Agamemnon
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