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Book 1,6
Book 16,18
Book 8,9
Book 22,24
Bonus
100
What is the name of the city that Achilles has overtaken for Agamemnon in the beginning of the epic?
Chryse
100
When Agamemnon wanted to admit defeat who convinced him to apologize to Achilles?
Diomedes or Nestor
100
What qualities did Agamemnon think that the Greek soldiers had?
Unwarlike and weak
100
What was done with Priams son's after they were taken from him?
They were killed or sold as slaves.
100
Who sends the plague to the Achaean camp near the beginning of The Iliad?
Apollo
200
Achilles is partly divine due to his goddess mother. What is her name?
Thetis
200
Who are two people Agamemnon sends to convince Achilles to return to battle?
Phoenix, Odius, Odysseus, Ajax, and Eurybates
200
What kind of instrument was Achilles playing when the other kings came to tell Achilles of Agamemnon's offer?
Lyre
200
What Happened When Apollo reached the springs the fourth time?
Father Zeus stretched out his golden scales and placed them on two agonizing deaths, Achilles and Hector.
200
Which of the following characters do not engage in one-on-one combat with each other in the poem?
Priam and Agamemnon
300
What were the names of the women that Agamemnon and Achilles originally claimed as their war prizes?
Agamemnon/Chryseis
300
What is the relationship between Phoenix and Achilles?
Like father and Son
300
When did Achilles say he start fighting in the war again?
When Hector comes to the Greek shops and starts killing greeks.
300
Who was Deiphobus?
Hectors Brother
300
When is The Iliad thought to have been composed?
The eighth century b.c.
400
What does Achilles mother ask of Zeus after he is dishonored by Agamemnon?
Honor my son…give the Trojans the upper hand until the Greeks grant my son the honor he deserves
400
What are three things Agamemnon offers Achilles to return to the battle?
Briseis, one of Agamemnon's daughters, horses, gold, more women, 7 cities
400
What did diomedes tell the other kings about Achilles?
Agamemnon shouldn't have offered the gifts because Achilles would end up fighting in the war.
400
What did the female slaves do after they bathed Hectors Body?
Anointed him with oil, wrapped him within a beautiful robe and placed him on a pallet.
400
Who helps rescue Machaon after Paris wounds him?
Nestor
500
How many days did Apollo plague Agamemnon’s army before Achilles tried to turn them all home?
9 days, on the 10th the assembly was called
500
What is one reason Achilles refuses to return to battle, other than Agamemnon's theft of Briseis?
Agamemnon just gives orders and doesn't fight with his men.
500
What did diomedes say he would still do if everyone left?
Diomedes rises and insists that he will stay and fight even if everyone else leaves.
500
What happened to Astyanax after the city fell?
He was hurled from Troy's wall.
500
Who kills Dolon?
Diomedes