The Death of Hector
"The Death of Hector" is an excerpt from this larger work.
What is the Iliad?
This is the definition of an odyssey.
What is a long, extended journey?
The mouse did this to free the lion.
Why did the mouse gnaw through the net?
Although the brothers were supposed to alternate years on the throne, Eteocles refused to relinquish the throne to his brother.
Why were the brothers fighting in "Antigone"?
The "true pilot" of the ship in Plato's Republic.
Who is the philosopher?
This was the title of Hectors father.
Who was King Priam of Troy?
The length of Odysseus' round trip to Troy.
What is twenty years?
The lesson learned through the "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing".
What fable teaches that a false friend is more dangerous than an open enemy?
This is the ruling made by Creon that Antigone violated.
What is the "order to not bury her deceased brother"?
The philosophical question posed by Socrates.
What is the best way to live?
The person whom Hector fought.
Who is Achilles?
This is the enemy that Penelope and Telemachus faced.
Who were Penelope's suitors?
The lesson the goatherd learned when he treated wild goats better than his own.
What fable teaches that you should not sacrifice old friends for new?
This person tried to share Antigone's punishment.
Who is Ismene?
The method of execution of Socrates.
For what is poisonous hemlock used?
The goddess who helped Achilles.
Who is Athene?
A technique used by Penelope to make her needlework take longer.
What is plucking out weaving?
The advice given from the bear to the traveler.
What fable teaches that misfortune tests the sincerity of friends?
The person who convinced Creon to change his mind.
Who is Teiresias (the blind seer)?
The people in the cave try to kill the philosopher.
What happens when the philosopher tries to teach the people in the cave the truth about heaven?
The writer of the Iliad.
Who is Homer?
Proof to Penelope that the stranger truly was her husband.
What is Odysseus' description of his bed made from a tree stump?
The final statement in each of Aesop's fables.
What is the moral of the story?
This is an act that Antigone, Haemon, and Eurydice all have in common.
Who committed suicide?
The images used by Plato to compare the world to his Republic.
What is a cave and a ship?