Greeks at War: Homer at Troy - Readings Spring 2015 Notes:

IliadreadingsandlinenumbersarebasedontheMurraytranslationfromWikiSource(en.wikisource.org)

OdysseyreadingsandlinenumbersarebasedontheMurraytranslationfromtheTheoi ClassicalETextsLibrary(www.theoi.com)

1 What is the Trojan War Module 3: How the Poem Was Born

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2 Homers Vision of War Module 1: Who was Homer?

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Module 3: Homers Idiosyncrasy Reading1:IliadBook8lines6077 Reading2:IliadBook14lines153360 Reading3:IliadBook1lines493600 Reading4:IliadBook21lines434476 Reading5:OdysseyBook11lines465503

3 A Soldiers Emotions Module 1: A Soldiers Leave-Taking for War

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Module 2: Mental State of the Homeric Warrior Reading1:IliadBook1lines53100 Reading2:IliadBook13lines27983 Reading3:IliadBook1lines101244 Reading4:IliadBook2lines1277 Reading5:IliadBook24lines154

Module 3: Experiencing Inhumanity and Humanity Reading1:IliadBook16lines1100 Reading2:IliadBook22lines36175 Reading3:IliadBook22lines395436 Reading4:IliadBook24lines322691

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4 An Armys Morale Module 1: Leadership

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Module 2: The Command Structure Reading1:IliadBook2lines5383 Reading2:IliadBook7lines345411 Reading3:IliadBook2lines336393 Reading4:IliadBook12lines195250

Module 3: Why the War is Being Fought Reading1:IliadBook2lines212242 Reading2:IliadBook9(entirety)

5 Observing the Battlefield Module 1: Hand-to-Hand Combat

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Module 2: Reading1:IliadBook10(entirety) Reading2:IliadBook1lines188222

Module 3: Reading1:IliadBook23(entirety) Reading2:IliadBook24lines692804

6 The Wars Ending Module 1: Hand-to-Hand Combat

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Module 2: Reading1:OdysseyBook11lines385464 Reading2:OdysseyBook23(entirety)

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