Part I to The Odyssey Author Homer Minstrel bard singer Multiple people Legend Not really a person the Ideal bard Bard singer Ideal wandering class of rhapsodies ID: 390742
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The Iliad
Part I to The OdysseySlide2
Author???
Homer
- Minstrel, bard, singer - Multiple people - LegendNot really a person, the “Ideal” bardBard = singerIdeal wandering class of rhapsodiesRhapsodies = “Stitchers of Songs”Slide3
Iliad – What It’s About…
The war between the Greeks and the Trojans
Greece and Troy have ALWAYS hated each other
- Yankees vs. SoxGreeks = Greece
Trojans = Troy = what is now Turkey
For a long time, people thought Troy didn’t exist
A wealthy German man found the ruins of Troy using The Iliad as a road mapSlide4
Word Meanings
Mediterranean Sea
- Medi (middle) - Terrain (world)Greeks thought the sea was the whole world – it was all they could seeIliad, in Greek language, means TroyIliad, in Latin language, means CitySlide5
About the Locations
Greece has many cities & villages, similar to boroughs of NYC
Troy is one city in a large country that is thought of as Troy as well
Greece (country) is smaller than Troy (country)
Greece
TroySlide6
Leadership
Troy has a singular monarch
- One place, one royal king, one royal familyGreece has many war lords, call themselves kings - Not royal, one for each cityGreece has major war lord that rules everything - King Agamemnon, not royalSlide7
Two Sides…
Greece
- War Lord (King) Menelaus, married to HelenHelen = Perfect BeautyTroy
– King
Priam
(royal), two sons: Hector and Paris
Hector, older, noble, honorable
Paris, younger, naïve, blindly bold