The Iliad
How many Ls are in the spelling of this poem?
What is 1.
Define epithet.
What is a descriptive phrase.
Two women in The Iliad were kept as war prizes by Achilles and Agamemnon. Name one of the women.
Who is Briseis or Chrysalis
An epic poem has a vast setting. The setting of this story is vast because one army travels a long distance to fight the other. What army travelled a long way?
The Greeks.
What was written on the Golden Apple of Discord that Eris threw into the wedding feast?
What is: "For the Fairest"
Who is the author of The Iliad?
Who is Homer.
The epithet "swift-footed" applies to Achilles or Agamemnon?
Who is Achilles.
What is the relationship between Paris and Hector.
They are brothers.
What is the Trojans.
Name one of the goddesses who fought over the apple.
Who are Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena.
True or False: The Iliad was part of the oral storytelling tradition before it was written down.
What is true.
What is an archetypal hero?
A type of hero that is similar in one story to that of another.
What is the name of Hector's father?
What is King Priam.
Name two of the gods or goddesses that is involved in the fighting.
Who are Athena, Aphrodite, Apollo, Hera, Hermes, Thetis, and Zeus.
Who asked Paris to be the judge of the contest?
Who is Zeus.
When was The Iliad written down?
What is 750 B.C.
Hector was killed by Achilles. Then, the Trojans burned him on a pyre and grieved for nine days. How does this event show that Hector is an archetypal hero.
What is at his death the hero receives a magnificent funeral.
What is the name of the commander of the Greek forces?
What is Agamemnon.
How does Achilles treat Hector's body after his death?
What is he drags him behind his chariot around the walls of Troy. Then, he returns the body to Hector's father.
Each goddess bribed Paris with something. What bribe did Paris choose?
What genre is The Iliad?
What is an epic poem.
At his birth, Achilles was dipped in the River Styx to grant him immortality. In what way does this fit the traits of an archetypal hero?
What is the hero's birth is miraculous or the hero has helps from gods.
What is the name of Helen's husband?
What is Menelaus.
With what weapon does Achilles kill Hector?
What is a spear that Athena recovered for him.
What is the reason war broke out after Helen's kidnapping?
What is a pledge made by Helen's former suitors to Helen's father to protect the man who won her in marriage.