Characters
This Greek king insults Achilles by taking Briseis.
Who is Agamemnon?
This god sends a plague to punish the Greeks.
Who is Apollo?
The Greek army suffers from this punishment from Apollo.
What is plague?
What type of device is the term "swift-footed Achilles"?
What is an epithet?
This goddess is “white-armed” and quarrelsome with her husband
Who is Hera?
This greatest Greek warrior withdraws from battle after being dishonored.
Who is Achilles?
Thetis appeals to this god to tilt the war in favor of Troy.
Who is Zeus?
The conflict in Book 1 is sparked by the taking of these women.
Who are Chryseis and Briseis?
What does "in medias res" mean?
What is "in the middle of things"?
his figure, invoked at the start of the poem, inspires the poet to sing of Achilles’ rage.
Who is the Muse?
This Trojan priest of Apollo prays for his daughter’s return.
Who is Chryses?
This goddess persuades Zeus to favor the Trojans for a time.
Achilles does this when Briseis is taken away.
What is cries?
What is a foil?
an elaborate description using like or as that extends across multiple lines.
What is an epic simile?
The Iliad opens with this emotion of Achilles.
What is rage?
Who is Hera?
The Greeks rely on this ritual to seek Apollo’s favor.
What is sacrificing animals?
Asking the goddesses of inspiration for guidance?
What is the invocation of the muse?
Who is Hephaestus?
This son of Atreus angers both a god and his own warriors.
Who is Agamemnon?
This goddess restrains Achilles from killing Agamemnon in Book 1.
Who is Athena?
This man is a seer who says that Agamemnon should return Chryseis.
Who is Calchas?
A poetic pattern using 6 metrical feet
What is dactylic hexameter?
He is the brother of Agamemnon.
Who is Menelaus?