![]() ![]() He also adds the sun and the moon, along with the constellations such as the Pleiades, the Hyades, Orion, the Great Bear (also called the Wagon, always watching the Hunter and alone is denied the plunge into the Ocean’s baths). Hephaestus begins with the cosmos: the earth, the sky, and the sea -the ancient tripartite division of the known world. It is also the only piece of armor forged by the gods, namely the lame smith, Hephaestus. Homer takes great length to describe its contents. He creates a “world of gorgeous immortal work” (564). Hephaestus, the crippled smith, constructs a massive shield with a silver shield strap and five layers of metal. Thetis, Achilles’s goddess mother, travels to the house of Hephaestus to convince him to build a new shield for Achilles so he can return to the battle and exact vengeance on Hector. Patroclus has been killed by Hector, and the armor of Achilles has been stripped and stolen by Hector. ![]() In Book XVIII of the Iliad, Achilles is distraught. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |