Next, the class starts the Greek classic, The Iliad of Homer translated by Richmond Lattimore. We will be watching the film, Iphigeneia, about events at the beginning of the Trojan war.
Other Resources:
- "An Iliad" by Dennis O'Hare was recently featured on NPR's On Point talk show. It was about a one-man play. Here is the link: http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/05/06/iliad
- Introduction to The Iliad of Homer by Richmond Lattimore - PDF version
- Catalhoyuk - History of the excavations of the Neolithic site
- Hattusha: the Hittite Capital
- Map for Iliad - map listing some of the more important sites and a few of the heroes and heroines who were associated with them. Names of Greek sites and people are in purple, Trojan in red._
Hera Athene Poseidon Thetis Agamemnon Achilleus Menelaos Odysseus Telemonian Aias Diomedes Patroklos Nestor Antilochos Oileian Aias Chryseis Briseis Iphigeneia | Helen? | Aphrodite Apollo Ares Priam Hektor Paris Aineias Helenos Deiphobos Pandaros Hekabe Andromache Polyxena Kassandra |