Plot Questions
What does Achilles do to Hector's body?
What is drags Hector's body around the city of Troy?
The Iliad begins in what year of the war?
What is the 10th (9 years have passed)?
I have an ivory shoulder because SOMEONE took a bite of Tantalus' stew.
Who is Pelops.
I kidnapped Helen because I love her and she was promised to me by Aphrodite.
What is Paris?
I was supposed to stay neutral. I am the ruler of ALL gods.
Who is Zeus.
Who is mistaken for Achilles?
What is Patroclus?
The Iliad translates to mean?
The story of Troy
Literally means "god from a machine"
What is deus ex machina.
I am the leader of the Greek army. Achilles got mad at me when I took his woman.
What is Agamemnon
I felt bad for Hector and protected his body from harm.
Who is Apollo.
What is Achilles's strongest motivation for returning to fight the Trojans?
What is avenging Patroclus's death?
The author of the Iliad is
What is Homer?
The Iliad and The Odyssey both begin in media res.
What is in the middle of things.
I am the leader of the Trojans. I am brave and respectful. I fall to Achilles.
What is Hector?
I am the goddess of wisdom and strategy. I tricked Hector by taking the form of his brother.
Who is Athena.
Why does King Priam visit Achilles' tent?
What is to retrieve Hector's body?
True or False? One of the characteristics of an epic poem is the setting is confined to one area.
What is False.
One of the most famous and cursed families in Greek Mythology.
Who is the House of Atreus.
I put on my friend's armor to rally the troops. It ultimately cost me my life.
Who is Patroclus.
I am the goddess of love. I believe Helen and Paris should be together.
Who is Aphrodite.
How do the Greeks trick the Trojans ultimately?
What is the Trojan Horse?
True of False: Epic poems must open with an invocation to a muse that states the theme.
What is true.
Who is Amphion.
I am Agamemnon's daughter. My mother kills my father because he sacrificed me for good winds.
I am the messenger god. I helped guide King Priam to talk to Achilles.
Who is Hermes.