Gods
Name three gods who fight for the Trojans
Who are Apollo, Ares, Aphrodite, Artemis (arguably, Zeus)
This is Achilles' "war prize"
Who is Briseis?
This is what Priam begs Achilles for in Book 24
What is Hector's body?
This is Achilles' primary emotion, spoken of in the epic's very first word in Greek
What is RAGE?
This is another name for Troy
What is Ilium, or Priam's great city
This is the wisest of the Greeks, often intervening to prevent conflict
Who is old man Nestor?
False! Homeric heroes are extensively aided by the gods. It's a sign of your heroism that the gods favor you.
Name three gods who fight for the Greeks
Who are Athena, Hera, Poseidon
Who said this?
"Paris never had an ounce of good sense and never will." (Book 6, lines 370-1)
Who is Helen?
What decision is Hector making, and what Book is it?
"I can't face the Trojan men and women now... I'll be much better off facing Achilles, either killing him or dying honorably before the city."
Hector is deciding whether to take cover inside of Troy, or go out to fight Achilles alone. Book 22, Lines 120-125
This is who Achilles asks to get Zeus to fight against the Greeks
Who is Thetis? (Achilles' mother, a goddess)
This Trojan duels Menelaus and is saved by Aphrodite
Who is Paris?
What type of figurative language is this?
"Boys will sometimes disturb a hornets' nest...until the insects become a menace to all... swarming out in defense of their brood.
So too the Myrmidons." (16.267-272)
What is epic simile?
(A detailed, often complex poetic comparison that unfolds over the course of several lines.)
Be sure to identify WHAT is being compared to WHAT
This is approximately how long the Trojan War went on for
What is ten years? (Although the Iliad covers only a few days of that stretch!)
This god deceives Zeus in order to distract him from the battle. (What Book?)
Who is Hera? (Book 14)
Who is Andromache, Hector's wife? (Book 6)
Who is Hector is talking to, and what Book is it?
"This is a fine time to be nursing your anger, you idiot! We're dying out there defending the walls."
Who is Paris, and what is Book 6? (Lines 342-3)
Who says this, and what Book does it take place in?
"I beg you, Achilles, by your own soul and by your parents, do not allow the dogs to mutilate my body by the Greek ships."
Who is Hector; what is Book 22?
This Trojan, NOT Paris, is saved by Aphrodite from Diomedes (What Book?)
Who is Aeneas, Book 5
This is another term for the Greeks in the Iliad
What are Achaeans or Argives?
True or false: the Iliad ends with the death of Achilles. (Paris shoots him with an arrow to the heel)
False! (That happens after the end of the Iliad)
This god pretends to be Hector's brother Deiphobus (What Book?)
Who is Athena (Book 22)
Bonus: WHY does she deceive Hector this way?
This woman begs her son not to fight Achilles by reminding him graphically that she nursed him from birth.
Who is Hecuba? (Hector's mother)
This is a possible example of Hector's hubris (excessive pride)
What is stripping Achilles' armor from Patroclus and putting it on? (OR, urging the Trojans to stay out on the plain rather than returning inside the walls)
Who is Achilles talking to, and what Book is this in?
"But we'll let all that be, no matter how it hurts, and conquer our pride, because we must. I hereby end my anger. There is no need for me to rage relentlessly."
Who is Agamemnon; what is Book 19? (Lines 77-79)
This is Zeus' son, whose body is salvaged by Apollo
Who is Sarpedon?
This Greek, aided by Athena, wounded a goddess and possibly killed more Trojans than anyone
Who is Diomedes?
This is the term for a kind of Homeric type-scene, in which a hero in battle has his finest moments. It may result in the death of the hero, and therefore suggests a "battle in which he reaches his peak as a fighter and hero."
What is an Aristeia? (Arist = "best.")
(Bonus: name at least three fighters who have aristeias in the Iliad.)
Who said it, and what Book?
"Get back, Patroclus, back where you belong. Troy is fated to fall, but not to you, nor even to Achilles, a better man by far."
Apollo, Book 16 (Lines 740-2)
Who said it, and what Book?
"My heart is in my throat, my knees are like ice. Something terrible has happened to one of Priam's sons."
Andromache (Hector's wife)
Book 22, Lines 503-4
Fill in all three blanks correctly:
"________ stretched out his golden ______s and placed on them two agonizing deaths, one for Achilles and one for Hector. When he held the beam, _____'s doom sank down toward Hades. And Phoebus Apollo left him."
What is... (Father) Zeus; golden scales; Hector's doom
(Book 22, Lines 236-240)
Who does Achilles say this to, and what Book is it in?
"I swell with rage when I think of how the son of Atreus treated me like dirt in public, as if I were some worthless tramp. Now go, and take back this message: I won't lift a finger in this bloody war until Priam's illustrious son Hector comes to the Myrmidons' ships and huts."
Who is Ajax? (Along with Odysseus and Phoenix.) What is Book 9? (Lines 669-675)
This Trojan threatens to desecrate Patroclus' body (ironically)
Who is Hector? (Book 17)
These are the troops led by Achilles and Patroclus
Who are the Myrmidons?
Who said it, and what book?
"Zeus and all gods, grant that this my son, become as I am... and may men say he is far better than his father when he returns from war, bearing bloody spoils, having killed his man. And may his mother rejoice."
Hector, Book 6 (Lines 501-506)