Assignment for 10/28 class

1. Do the readings on B-Courses for the 10-28 class on the next generation of Mycenaeans, their wives, and the Trojan War.
2. Create brief character outlines for Agamemnon, Clytemnestra, Menelaus, and Helen. Include any physical characteristics that you find in addition to circumstances of their birth, life, etc. Also, from the readings in the Iliad, try to identify at least one Homeric epithet for each character.
3. Also from the readings in the Iliad, find two Homeric similes and briefly explain how they work in the story.

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