Book 1 Flashcards
In book one of the iliad, who took Chryseis as a captive?
Agamemnon
What preist of Apollo Smintheus…
Chryses
In book one of the iliad, who sent a plague to the greeks?
Apollo
What son of Thestor…
Calchas
Who asks for protection from Achilles and then tells Agamemnon the reason
for this pestilence?
Calchas
What was the name of Agamemnon’s concubine?
Chryseis
What was the name of Achilles’s concubine?
Briseis
Who persuades Achilles not to kill Agamemnon?
Athena
Who in book one of the iliad tries to make peace and prevent Agamemnon from taking Briseis?
Nestor
What heralds does Agamemnon send to take Briseis from Achilles?
Talthybius and Eurybates
Who refuses to keep fighting the war after talthybius and eurybates…
Achilles
Who does Achilles pray to when Briseis is taken from him?
Thetis
Who says he will aid Thetis in helping to restore Achilles’ honor?
Zeus
Who does Zeus say he will aid in helping to restore Achilles’s armor?
Thetis
Who takes Chryseis back to her home in Chryse?
Odysseus
