Book 16 Flashcards
Patroclus cries and the tears run down his face “like a spring dark-running that down the face of a rock impassable drips its dim water” – who else has been described with this simile? When? (2)
Agamemnon
When Menelaus is shot
What does Achilles compare the weeping Patroclus to? (1)
A little girl without her mother
What does Patroclus say must be Achilles’ true parent for him to be so unfeeling? (2)
The gray sea and towering rocks
Achilles tells Patroclus to push the Trojans back from the Greek ships – and then do what? Why? (3)
Come back
So he doesn’t diminish his honour
So he isn’t killed
Why is Achilles worried when the ships are set alight? (1)
He fears they won’t be able to escape
Pedasos is one of the horses yoked to Patroclus’ chariot, why is he different to the other three? (1)
He’s mortal
What does Achilles do having sent Patroclus and the Myrmidons into battle? (1)
He readies the other Myrmidon troops
What are the Myrmidons compared to in their charge? (2)
Wolves - feeding on a giant stay they’ve hunted
Why does Zeus “weep tears of blood”? What does this suggest? (3)
It’s confirmed his son Sarpedon is destined to die at the hand of Patroclus
Despite being King of the gods, Zeus has no control over fate
What does Sarpedon say to Glaucus before he dies? (2)
He must tell the Trojans of his death and tell them to fight for him
Why does Glaucus pray to Apollo? (2)
To ask him to heal his wounds and give him strength to avenge Sarpedon
When he sees the fighting over Sarpedon’s body what does Zeus do? (6)
Sends Apollo to: Rescue his body Wash his body Carry him away Anoint him in ambrosia Give him to Sleep and Death
Patroclus tries three times to take the walls of Troy, three times Apollo fends him off, what does he say to Patroclus the fourth time he tries? (1)
It’s not fated that the city of Troy will fall at his hands
