Paper Topics | Fall 2009 | Paper 1
Due Saturday, September 19th, 5 p.m., in your conference leader's Eliot Hall mailbox.
Maximum Length 1500 words
In Book 16 of the Iliad, Zeus longs to spare Sarpedon from death, though Hera persuades him not to (16.431-461). Later in the same book, Zeus rescues the body of Sarpedon and orchestrates the death of Patroklos, the man who killed Sarpedon (16.636-693). Through a close reading of these passages, analyze the significance of death in the Iliad. You might consider what types of relationship divine and human characters have to death, what sort of power divine and human characters have over death, and what limitations are placed on that power.
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