Trojan War & Iliad
Agamemnon sacrificed his eldest? to appease the goddess Artemis so the Greek fleet could? to? Troy.
daughter, Iphigenia / sail
Homer’s Iliad covers a few final? of the war of Troy.
weeks
The Iliad starts with an argument between?
Agamemnon and Achilles.
Agamemnon had seized Chryseis, Apollo’s? Apollo sent a? that killed Greek soldiers.
daughter/ plague
The ships for the Trojan war gathered in?
Aulis
Agamemnon gave Chryseis back but took Briseis, Achilles’? Achilles then refused to? in the Trojan War.
war prize/ fight
Patroclus took Achilles'? to fight. He went to the gates of Troy and challenged?
amour / Hector.
After Achilles’ friend, Patroclus, was killed he returned to the fight and killed the eldest prince of Troy known as? the “breaker of horses.”
Hector
King Priam sneaks into the Greek camp with the help of the god Hermes. He begs Achilles for his _____________ The Greek hero goes from a state of? to?
son's body/ Hubris / empathy
In Book 24 of the Iliad, King Priam of Troy negotiates a? 12-day truce with? for the Trojans to mourn? Hector, and burn his body on a?
Achilles/Hector/ funeral pyre.
The Iliad epic ends with the request of the? because its main focus is? and its eventual softening and resolution, rather than the final?
funeral of Hector / Achilles’ wrath / fall of Troy
In the Iliad Achilles’ destructive rage is deeply fueled by his?
hubris (excessive pride)
What follows the Homer’s Iliad are summaries of? called the?
lost poems / epic cycles
Achilles kills more of Troy’s allies. Paris shoots an arrow and kills?
Achilles.
The story of “Achilles ’ heel” was written by a? _______________________ Statius, writing a thousand? the Trojan war.
Roman poet/ years after
Odysseus builds a? to?
wooden horse / hide soldiers
Philoctetes, the Greek archer, kills? ________________during the Trojan War using the poisoned bow and arrows of Heracles.
Paris
The Trojans brought the horse inside their walls, believing that Troy would be protected forever. Thus the saying?
"Beware of Greeks bearing gifts."
Athena became furious with the? because of their extreme ___________________ and the desecration of her temples.
Greek fleet/ hubris (arrogance)
Aethena asks the sea god? to send a massive? to scatter and destroy the? on their journey?
Poseidon/storm /Greeks/ home
Agamemnon sailed home. Queen Clytemnestra? King Agamemnon to avenge the of their? , Iphigenia.
Killed / sacrifice / daughter
Helen and Menelaus are?
reunited
Odysseys' trip home is told in the story of?
The Odyssey
Key Words of the Iliad are: wrath, honor, glory, fate, valor, loyalty,? and?
wrath, honor, glory, fate, valor, loyalty, vengeance, and sacrifice.
An epic is a? in prose that follows a? hero on a? journey.
long, story/ a hero/ journey.