Book 11

Question 1

Name of book

Answer 1

Achilles takes notice

Question 2

The begining of the book

Answer 2

Strife is sent down to unleash her war cry among the Greeks

Question 3

Agamemnon in this book

Answer 3

he is presented as a hero

given an arming scene, his body armour a gift from Cinrad of Cyprus for the battle at Troy

Question 4

A simile to describe the battle

Answer 4

reapers starting from either side of a field, death to all, inescapable

Question 5

Agamemnon’s portrayed as courageous

Answer 5

first to charge in

charges in where it is most confused

Question 6

Similies to describe Agamemnon

Answer 6

compared to a powerfull lion bringer of death
compared to a raging fire Makes the TRojans flee before him
compared to a lion stampeding a herd

Question 7

Agamemnon’s heroics

Answer 7

kills 6 Trojans
brutally kills the sons of Antimachus who supplicate him
Agamemnon had almost reached the city

Question 8

Zeus’s instructions to Hector

Answer 8

send Iris to tell him not to attack Agamemnon, but when Agamemnon is injured he will give Hector the strength to kill up to the ships

Question 9

Death of Iphidamas

Answer 9

Iphidamas was raised in a palace
he abandoned his bride in pursuit of glory against the Greeks
his parents had tried to keep him
dies at the hand of Agamemnon

Question 10

Agamemnon’s injury

Answer 10

Coon Iphidamas’s brother unnoticed strikes Agamemnon below the elbow
Agamemnon cuts of Coon’s head

Question 11

Agamemnon after his wound

Answer 11

keeps on fighting
when the blood dries he receives stabbing pains
-compared to the pangs a women receives in childbirth
As he flees in his chariot he shouts encouragement to the Greeks

Question 12

Hector’s heroics

Answer 12

when Agamemnon leaves Hector is moved to action
kills 9 Greeks
“the enemy fell in multitudes”

Question 13

The stand against Hector

Answer 13

Odysseus and Diomedes make a stand

compared to boars charging at the hounds chasing them

Question 14

Diomedes spots Hector

Answer 14

throws a spear at Hector’s head, he is saved by his helmet, he pauses on the ground before getting back to his chariot and escaping

Question 15

Paris’s fighting

Answer 15

shoots an arrow which pierces Diomedes’s foot
Paris gets up and speaks like a little boy “got you!”
Diomedes insults him but flees in his chariot

Question 16

Odysseus’s fighting

Answer 16

has a short Aristea
is eventually surrounded by Trojans,
compared to an antlered stag surrounded by jackals

Question 17

The rescue of Odysseus

Answer 17

Menelaus and Ajax come to his rescue

Ajax kills five Trojans

Question 18

The battle near the river Scamander

Answer 18

Hector is creating havoc

Paris hits the best Greek warrior Machaon with an arrow

Question 19

Nestor’s actions

Answer 19

saves Machaon in his chariot

Question 20

What does Hector do in the fight

Answer 20

he avoids Ajax

Question 21

Will of Zeus shown

Answer 21

he makes Ajax retreat

Question 22

Ajax’s support

Answer 22

Eurypulus, is shot by Paris and retreats

Question 23

Achilles’s actions

Answer 23

dispatches Patroclus to find out if it is Machaon that is being hurried away in Nestor’s chariot

Question 24

Patroclus’s fate is sealed

Answer 24

“The begging of his end” (when he is dispatched to see Machaon)

Question 25

Nestor makes the Greek situation seem desperate

Answer 25

it is the “very best men” lying by the ships. He gives a list of names

Question 26

Nestor’s advice

Answer 26

• he reminds Patroclus of his father’s Menoetius’s advice who told him Achilles was the stronger man but that his job was to advise him
• proposes the idea that if persuasion does not work enter battle in Achilles’s armour with the Myrmidons
• mentions how he fought the Eleans but was not allowed but did really well- tempting glory

Question 27

Patroclus and Eurypulus

Answer 27

On his way back Erypulus tells him that all the Greeks will die by their ships. Patroclus heals Eurypulus

Question 28

Importance of Achilles sending Patroclus

Answer 28

shows he is not indifferent

Nestor offers crucial tactical advice that sways the direction of events

Question 29

Description of Agamemnon’s killing spree

Answer 29

“so the routed Trojans were mown down by Agamemnon’s onslaught