Book 1

Question 1

Name of Book

Answer 1

Plague and wrath

Question 2

First word of the Epic

Answer 2

“Anger”

it is described as being destructive

Question 3

From the very start re are reminded of the importance of the gods

Answer 3

“Sing, goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus”

-sets up a relationship between Homer and the gods

Question 4

Anger is the cause of many deaths

Answer 4

It was anger that left many bodies “as carrion for the dogs and a feast for the birds”

Question 5

The relationship between the deaths of the many warriors and Zeus

Answer 5

"”and Zeus’s purpose was fulfilled”

Question 6

God that made Achilles and Agamemnon quarrel

Answer 6

Apollo son of Zeus and Leto

Question 7

What first angered Apollo

Answer 7

disrespected Apollo’s priest Chryses and refused to give his daughter Chriseis back
infuriated Apollo

Question 8

What the Greeks warriors wanted to happen about Chryses

Answer 8

wanted him to be respected, wanted chriseis returned and to accept the ransom

Question 9

What does Apollo do when Chryses prays to him

Answer 9

fires his arrows for 9 days, causes a plague

Question 10

Hera’s influence on Achilles

Answer 10

gives him the idea to call the men to an assembly

Question 11

Achnilles actions at the asssembly he calls

Answer 11

calls for a prophet to discover Apollo’s reasons for wrath

prophet Calchas

Question 12

what does the prophet say

Answer 12

prophet calchas son of Thestor

says Chryseis must be given back

Question 13

Agammemnon’s reaction to Calchas’s words

other than being initially furious

Answer 13

“I want my army alive and well not dead and dying”

agrees to return Chriseis but wants a prices in return

Question 14

Why Achilles is to blame for the argument

Answer 14

instead of accepting Agamemnon’s desire for a prize in return
he insults him calling him “unequaled in your greed”
says it would be impossible to give another prize

Question 15

Achilles good proposition to Agammemnon

Answer 15

despite insulting him he does make the proposition that once Troy is sacked he will recompense him four times over

Question 16

Agammemnon takes the quarel further with Achilles, threatening him

Answer 16

threatens to take one of the heroe’s prizes

-does mention he will deal with that later

Question 17

Achilles’s hot temper is shown

Answer 17

when his own prize is hreatened he has a long moan at Agamemnon, insults him “shameless swine”.
He argues that he does all the fighting but Agamemnon gets the lion’s share
Threatens to sail home for Pythia
mentions he had only come to Troy to please Agamemnon not because of a quarrel with the Trojans

Question 18

Agamemnon’s personal threat to Achilles

Answer 18

tells Achilles that he can leave

Says that he will go to Achilles hut and take Briseis

Question 19

What are Achilles’s actions towards Agamemnon

+interference of the Gods

Answer 19

about to kill Agamemnon
Athene sent by Hera stops him
Achilles stops and shows his respect for the gods mentioning it is best for the man who does

Question 20

Why did Hera send Athene

Answer 20

because she felt equally “close” to both men and was “concerned” for them.

Question 21

Achilles’s final insults

Answer 21

calls Agamemnon a coward
“heart of a doe”
he would rather die than join an ambush and then he never arms himself to go into the battle with the men
and that the Greeks will miss him when he is gone

Question 22

Nestor’s introduction

Answer 22

“eloquent” Nestor
whose speech “flowed sweeter than honey of the tongue”
a good advice, advice that should be followed

Question 23

Nestor’s advice

Answer 23

Agamemnon has the authority, don’t rob Achilles of the girl
Achilles stop desiring to cross swords with Agamemnon
Agamemnon derives his authority from Zeus and has the respect of the troops, he is thus his superior
Tells Agamemnon not to be angry against achilles

Question 24

Agamemnon’s reply to Nestor’s advice

Answer 24

refuses peace because Achilles wants no superiors

Question 25

Achilles reply to Nestor’s advice

Answer 25

threatens that anyone else who tries to take any of his possessions will lose their life

Question 26

Agamemnon’s actions towards Chriseis

Answer 26

gives her back

makes a sacrifice

Question 27

Achilles treatment of Agamemnon’s heralds

Answer 27

treats them kindly

delivers Briseis to them

Question 28

where does Chriseis come from

Answer 28

Thebe, Eetion’s sacred town

Question 29

Achilles demands of his mother THetis

Answer 29

to supplicate Zeus to get the Trojans to “MASSACRE” the Greeks

Question 30

Zeus reaction to Thetis’s demand

Answer 30

he agrees
he seals his promise with a nod and Olympus shakes
The will of Zeus
“no failure to fulfill it, no going back, no deception”

Question 31

Hera and Zeus

Answer 31

Zeus threatens Hera, who insults him about Thetis, Zeus shows that none can contend with him

Question 32

End of the chapter

Answer 32

chapter ends with a feast of the gods, there is laughter
They go to sleep in beds, Zeus and Hera sleep together
very much like mortals

Question 33

Briseis reaction to leaving Achilles

Answer 33

she leaves “unwillingly” -just a tool/prize

Question 34

Overall what has Agamemnon done wrong

Answer 34

he has abused the heroic code

and his position as leader

Question 35

Achilles says they will miss him when hes gone

Answer 35

“you will tear out your heart in remorse for giving no respect to the best of the GReeks”