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Notes On Iliad BK 16
Notes On Iliad BK 16
So they fought to the death around that Identify; quote; explain (if necessary); effect Foreshadowing>1-32 Simile/Imagery>3-4, 17, 18 Approximant consonant alliteration>3, 6 Irony>5 Chiasmus>7-12 Contrast> 13-20 Epithet>15, 16, 23, 28, 29 Aphorism>21 Direct address>22 (16.867, 914-16, 985) Humour>23 Repetition>26-27, 28-30 Emphatic ending> 32 Pity = Achilles is human Patroclus pathos>1-31(16.1001) Nostos>13-21(16.95) Patrilineal genealogy>13-21 (16.67) Karma (Vindicating Achilles)>19(Acts of Nemesis) Best friends>20-21(16.92) Achilles prone to rage>24 (1.1) Conspicuous display>26(Diomedes Books 5, 6, 7) Achilles intractability>32(Book 9 Embassy to Achilles) 2. With a wrenching groan Dramatic irony>21-53 Aphorism>21 Direct address>22 (like lines 914-16, 867 & 985) Epithet>22, 28, 29 Humour>23 Repetition>26-27, 28-30 Emphatic ending statement> 32 Italics>32, 33, 43, 47 Tricolon>37-39 Selected appeals to Achilles psyche>45 -53 Imagery>49 Aphorism>50 Inevitability>21-53(16.55) Achilles prone to rage>24, 33, 34, 40(1.1) Patrilineal genealogy(16.67) Conspicuous display>26(Diomedes Books 5, 6, 7) Achilles intractability>32(Book 9 Embassy to Achilles) Courage for standing up to Agamemnon, cursed because he has cause suffering to the Greeks>34 Ancestry>37-40(Book 1 Achilles plea to Thetis)
Prophecy=Fate>41-42(Book 1 Achilles plea to Thetis) Light of victory vs Black cloud of Trojans>45vs75 Relentlessness of fighting>50(all books before this) Desire to repel>52(15.862) Desire for Tim>52(16.97) 3. No spear rages now in the hand of Diomedes Dramatic Irony>85-119 Foreshadowing>85-119 Tricolon (contrasting Hector and Argives)>85-88 Epithet>88, 103, 111 Italics>105, 106 Fricative alliteration>107 Echoing>113 Assonance ow>118-119 Emphatic ending>119 Inevitability>85-119(16.55; 16.1001) Nostos>95(16.13-17) Tim>97, 99, 100(16.770) Rage>95, 98(1.1) Lust for war>105, 106(1.6821-824) Fatalism (nobody escapes fate)>115-118(16.951) Everything Achilles warns Patroclus not to do ends up happening (end of Book 16) Divine intervention>102, 111(16.835-840; 16. 921, 933) 4. Like him, Apollo the son of Zeus incited Hector Symbolism Hectors stallions>845, 853 (Book 22) Repetition> Tricolon>858-859 Direct address>867, 878 Chiasmus>868-871 Imagery>861-863, 869-871 Simile/Metaphor (audience relates to sea)>, 865, 869-871 Direct address>878 Aidos>841(16.98) Divine intervention>840-846, 847, 851(16.821-822) Promise of fate>844(16.1001) Tim>851 Hero vs Hero>852(Book 22) 5. Hector, waiting, watching Predatory; Climax>951(Bk 22) Patroclus pathos>952 Formulaic repetition: Lion kills boar AchillesHectorPatroclusSarpedon>959-962 Water Patroclus crying>961 Approximant consonant alliteration>967
Hector hot shit with horses>973 Vultures ripping raw>976(16.509) Fickle roles>951-984(Death of Sarpedon) Heroic killing>956(Euphorbus stabs in the back not noble) Patrilineal Genealogy>964-966 Aidos: Hector feels his need to protect, Achilles selfscented>969 Nostos>970 Heroic code (smack talking)>980-985 6. Struggling for breath, you answered, Patroclus Direct address>985 Son of Cronus epithet>988 Italics>989, 1009 Repetition of I>996-998 Tricolon you>996-997 Deliberative questioning indecision (19.497) Irony>1008-1009 Tim>986(16.591) Stripping Hector of glory>986-1000 Deathless gods>988-989(16.527) Divine intervention>993(16.821-822) Fate>993, 999(16.55, Book 22) Kers (spirits of death)>994-1000 Patrilineal genealogy>1000(Zeus son Sarpedon) Summoning of Achilles>1000(Book 22) Underworld is a shithole>1003-1005(Odyssey Bk 11:It is better to be the lowliest slave in the underworld than it is to be the most exalted king in the underworld Achilles) Hectors arrogance & incomprehension>1006-1009(19.497) Ancestry>1008(16.37-38) Important Greek words: Aidos sense of ones proper place in society Arete excellence and courage Deinos something incredibly beautiful, terrifying and overwhelmingly awesome in its magnitude and power; e.g. Zeus, lions Geras gifts because of conspicuous display; your amount of this is how you are judged Pathos suffering Tim honour and glory