Agenda+Day+Three

Introductory Comments, Logistics. etc. The Iliad - The Rage of Achilles - General introduction (25 min) - Context, tradition
 * Connect to Iliad wikipage

Activity One: Human Folly > ( //Proverbs 26:4 //) // (Marcus Tullius Cicero) //
 * “//Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him."//
 * " **The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend. **"


 * Lecturette/Discussion on Folly, Error, Fall From Grace, Sin, Humility, Pride, Hubris
 * Write 150 words on an example or examples of folly and the consequences of folly from the iliad. Find quotes.
 * Using your writing, notes and memory of Dead Birds, jot down examples of folly and the consequences of folly in the Dani Culture
 * Break into groups of 4 and 5
 * Amy, Daniel, Elisabeth, Abdullah,
 * Ryann, Gabriel, Adrian, Julianna
 * Skye, Kawaya, Emma, Henry
 * Then
 * Exchange Introductions
 * Use your writing as a basis for the discussion of folly in the society portrayed in the Iliad, the society portrayed in Dead Birds. Compare and Contrast.
 * Reassemble seminar – Discuss

Break - Musical Interlude: "Sinclair's Defeat" media type="file" key="Roger McGuinn - Sinclairs Defeat.mp3" width="240" height="20"

Activity Two: Force and Other Discussion Points in the Iliad:


 * // “ Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody possesses it. The human race is not divided up, in the Iliad, into conquered persons, slaves, suppliants, on the one hand, and conquerors and chiefs on the other. In this poem there is not a single man who does not at one time or another have to bow his neck to force //.//” (Simone Adolphine Weil) //
 * // Select three characters, a man, a woman, and a god, in the Iliad and reflect on //
 * // How they wield force //
 * // How force is wielded upon/against them //
 * Make notes on your reflections
 * Break again into the same groups and discuss
 * Each group should also pick a discussion point from the Wiki page and consider it.
 * Reassemble seminar - Discuss connection to Dead Birds, Iliad, etc

Assignment: Review readings in ** __War is a Force that Give us Meaning__ ** (Intro. plus chapters one and two) and finish the book.