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The Iliad Part I to The Odyssey
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Author??? Homer - Minstrel, bard, singer - Multiple people - Legend Not really a person, the “Ideal” bard Bard = singer Ideal wandering class of rhapsodies Rhapsodies = “Stitchers of Songs”
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Iliad – What It’s About… The war between the Greeks and the Trojans Greece and Troy have ALWAYS hated each other - Yankees vs. Sox Greeks = 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 map
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Word Meanings Mediterranean Sea - Medi (middle) - Terrain (world) Greeks thought the sea was the whole world – it was all they could see Iliad, in Greek language, means Troy Iliad, in Latin language, means City
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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) GreeceTroy
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Leadership Troy has a singular monarch - One place, one royal king, one royal family Greece has many war lords, call themselves kings - Not royal, one for each city Greece has major war lord that rules everything - King Agamemnon, not royal
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Two Sides… Greece - War Lord (King) Menelaus, married to Helen Helen = Perfect Beauty Troy – King Priam (royal), two sons: Hector and Paris Hector, older, noble, honorable Paris, younger, naïve, blindly bold
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