The Iliad Homer. A bard 9th or 8th century B.C. Asia Minor Homeric Question.

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The Iliad Homer

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The Iliad

Homer

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Homer

• A bard

• 9th or 8th century B.C.

• Asia Minor

• Homeric Question

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Epic Poem

• Belief in superhuman heroes

• Hero strives to benefit society in quest

• Exist in many nations– Gilgamesh– Song of Roland– Beowlf– El Cid

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Epic Poem

• Folk epic

• Narrative poem

• Strict unity

• A serious moral tone

• Hero braver, more intelligent

• Feat crucial to national survival

• Dignified meter

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Iliad

• Detailed genealogies • Masterpiece• Memorized• Humanistic values

– honor– truth– loyalty– family

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Iliad

• Valuable to archeologists

• Long standing influence

• Price of war

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Background

• Covers the tenth year of Trojan War

• Troy under the protection of Zues’ sons

• Need help to build wall

• Poseidon

• Ruled by Priam– wife Hecuba– forty-nine children

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Background

• Dream• Wedding of Thetis and Peleus• Eris• Golden apple• Fairest

– Zeus appoints Paris judge– Bribes– Anger of Athena and Hera

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Background

• Paris returns to Troy

• Goes to Sparta

• Menelaus declares war

• Agamemnon leader

• Kills sacred deer

• Must sacrifice daughter

• Chryseis and Briseis

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Background


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