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The book opens during what year of the Trojan War?
Year 10
100
Does Hector have a son or a daughter?
son
100
Who does Athena appear to Hector disguised as?
Deiphobos
100
Who was sent to the plain to guide King Priam safely through the Greek army?h
Hermes
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What does Priam talk about that moves Achilles to tears?
His own father.
200
Who was the mortal man responsible for the plague against the army when Apollo shot arrows down upon the Greeks?
Agamemnon
200
Why does Hector return to the city?
To pry to Apollo and to see his wife.
200
Who kills Hector?
Achilles
200
What does Achilles continue to do to Hector’s body days later after he killed him?
Drag Hector's body around the grave of his best friend.
200
What does Priam bring to Achilles?
A ransom
300
Who calls Agamemnon greedy and shameless?
Achilles
300
Why does Andromache not want Hector to go back to the battle?
Because she knows he will die.
300
What does Hector beg to have happen with his body?
Returned to Troy and not be mutilated
300
Why does he anger the gods because of his actions?
Because dragging Hector's body is disrespectful.
300
What do the two men agree to do about the fighting at the end of Book 24?
To wait 12 days until they give Hector a proper burial.
400
Who stops Achilles from killing Agamemnon?
Athena
400
Does Hector believe the Trojans will defeat the Achaeans?
Yes
400
Hector continues to race around the city of Troy until Zeus finally thinks it is time to end the chase. Who does Zeus send to intervene?
Athena
400
Who do the gods send as a messenger to Achilles, and what is the message?
His mother Thetis. To return the body of Hector to his father.
400
Name one theme discussed in class.
Fate/Pride
500
Who is the old wise leader from Pylos who tries to stop Achilles and Agamemnon from arguing?
Nestor
500
Bonus Question! X 2 What is Hector's mother's name?
Hecuba
500
What does Hector do as he sees Achilles approaching?
RUNS! Away.
500
What is Achilles' father's name?
Peleus
500
What is an epithet?
An adjective that describes and gives good complements to a character. swift-runner Achilles man-killing Hector.