Book 17 Flashcards
1
Q
name of the book
A
The struggle over Patroclus’s
2
Q
Menelaus
A
Stands over Patroclus’s body protecting it
kills Euphorbus
retreats unwillingly before HEctor
3
Q
Hector’s actions with Patroclus
A
puts on his armour
Zeus sadly remarks that it will be short lived and Andromache will never lift it from his shoulders
4
Q
recovering Patroclus’s body
A
Ajax fights of the Trojans while Menelaus and Meriones recover the body
5
Q
Glaucus and HEctor
A
Glaucus rebukes Hector about Sarpedon (unknowing it has been spirited away)
They don’t get the Olympian view of the gods that we have
6
Q
The tone of this book
A
very dark, confusion of fighting, imagery of dogs and carrion birds, intensification of emotion
