Wedding of Peleus & Thetis
– All gods invited to the celebration, except Eris, the goddess of discord.
Eris, goddess of discord
– Eris came anyway and brought a golden apple, upon which was written "For the fairest."
– Iliad is a primary model for epic of war. – Odyssey is a primary model for epic of
the long journey. – Epic poems draw on:
»Myth »Religion c. 850 BC-c. 800 BC)
Helen and Menelaus
Helen from the Trojan War movie
Golden Apple
The Beauty contest: Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite
Judgment of Paris
– The bribes
»Hera: Power, to rule Europe & Asia
»Athena: Honor, to get victory in all battles
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Lecture 6 Greek Epic Poems
（希腊史诗）
I. What is an Epic?
– A long narrative poem on a great subject – Written in a dignified style – Tells about the adventures of a traditional
»Aphrodite: Love, to marry the fairest woman on earth
Paris gives the apple to Aphrodite
Helen
Helen
– Helen, daughter of Leda and Zeus, was stunningly beautiful.
»The Iliad »The Odyssey
– Composed his works orally
– Recited or sang them aloud.
Homer and his guide
III. The Iliad (伊利亚特)
1. The Historical Troy
The Trojan area
Priam, son of Laomedon, became King of Troy
– His wife Hecuba gave birth to a son named Paris after a dream of a flaming torch.
– Cassandra, the prophetic daughter of Priam, said that Paris should be killed or else he would destroy the city.
– A Greek poet. – The earliest
example of ancient Greek culture – Set the ideas of the Good and the Beautiful (善和美)
– Said to be a blind man
– Wrote two epic poems:
But Paris was rescued by shepherds and grew up away from the city on a farm.
As a young man, Paris returned home and was received by the royal family.
hero with super-human courage and strength, who fights a war or takes a long and difficult journey. – Embodies the value of the cultures they are written for.
Priam and Paris
Paris
Causes of the War
– Apple of Discord
»Zeus, father of the gods, desired the nymph Thetis. However, a prophecy said she would have a son who was greater than his father. Zeus decided to marry her to Peleus, king of the Myrmidons.
– Many Greek princes courted her for marriage.
– To avoid trouble, her step father made all the suitors swear to protect Helen and her chosen groom.
– Helen chose Menelaus, who later became king of Sparta.
Troy discovered
Troy ruins
Things discovered in Troy
Reconstruction of Troy - 13th century
Troy from the North
City of Troy
Story of the Trojan War
– Troy was said to be built by Apollo and Poseidon for Laomedon, the king.