Book 3

Question 1

Name

Answer 1

A Dual, and a Trojan view of the Greeks

Question 2

Point of the book

Answer 2

to introduce Troy as well as it’s principal characters

To introduce the Greek heroes in a positive light from the point of view of the Trojans

Question 3

Who are mainly brought to center light

Answer 3

Paris, Helen, Menelaus and Aphrodite- the causes of the war

Question 4

Hector is presented in contrast to Paris

Answer 4

dutiful

pleasure loving

Question 5

The Trojan army advances with

Answer 5

shrieks and cries like cranes “wicked assault”`

Question 6

The Greek army advances with

Answer 6

“moved forward in silence, breathing courage, filled with determination to stand by one another”

Question 7

Our first introduction to Paris

Answer 7

steps out from the Trojan ranks, with leopard skin and a bow, challenges all the best of the Greeks

Question 8

Our introduction to Menelaus

Answer 8

delighted to see Paris

compared to a prowling lion Paris a carcass

Question 9

Paris, when he sees Menelaus

Answer 9

his heart fails him and he retreats

Question 10

Hector’s response to Paris’s withdrawal from Menelaus

Answer 10

he immediately insults him
criticizes his looks “sex crazed seducer”
wishes he hadn’t been born and calls him a disgrace without courage

Question 11

Paris’s response to Hector’s insults

Answer 11

accepts it
but not the one about his looks
-shows what he cares about but also the importance of Aphrodite (as he claims they are her gifts)

Question 12

Paris’s actions after Hector insults him

Answer 12

proposes to fight Menelaus

and if defeated to return Helen

Question 13

The reaction to Paris’s suggestion

Answer 13

Greeks and Trojans are delighted because it means no

“painful business of fighting”

Question 14

Iris summons Helen

Answer 14

fills her breast with /”sweet longing” for Menelaus

sweet is pure

Question 15

The old men (respected elders) opinion of Helen

Answer 15

No one could blame the Trojans or Greeks for fighting over her as she is like the “immortal goddesses”
However they want her gone “scourge to us and our children after us”

Question 16

Priam’s opinion of Helen

Answer 16

he does not hold her responsible
holds the gods responsible
calls her “Dear child”

Question 17

Helen’s opinions on her situation

Answer 17

she wishes she had died before coming with Paris
she is miserable
it was not her decision “things did not fall out like that”

Question 18

Priam’s opinion of Agamemnon

Answer 18

he notices how great he is

recognizes him as a leader, calling him hansom and imposing

Question 19

How the dual between Paris and Menelaus is serious

Answer 19

oaths are made by Agamemnon to Zeus

Priam has been summoned to witness

Question 20

Paris’s preparation for the battle

Answer 20

he gets a short arming scene

Menelaus doesn’t

Question 21

The battle

Answer 21

Menelaus’s throws his spear, pierces Paris’s shield and tunic, but he swerves
He then uses his sword, which breaks on Paris’s helmet
Menelaus grabs the Helmet

Question 22

Divine intervention in the battle

Answer 22

Aphrodite whisks Paris away to his perfumed fragrant bedroom

Question 23

Aphrodite summons Helen who retorts

Answer 23

“Come here” she is in disguise which Helen can see through

Helen tells Aphrodite to forget she is a goddess and to lay with Paris and one day become his wife or concubine

Question 24

Aphrodite’s response to Helen’s insult

Answer 24

“obstinate wreth”
threatens her
Helen obeys

Question 25

Helen’s treatment of Paris

Answer 25

She insults him
wishes he had died
reminds him he used to BOAST about being the better warrior

Question 26

Paris’s response to Helen’s insults

Answer 26

Asks her not to insult his courage reminding Helen that Menelaus had Athene’s help to beat him

Question 27

Juxtaposition

Answer 27

between Paris and Helen laying down and Menelaus prowling through the ranks

Question 28

The Trojan opinion of Paris

Answer 28

they loath him like “the black death” Homer explains

Question 29

end of chapter

Answer 29

on the Greeks applauding Agamemnon asking for Helen to be returned

Question 30

whisking Paris away was

Answer 30

“an easy feat for an immortal”

Question 31

Priam calls Agamemnon

Answer 31

“awe inspiring”
“handsome and imposing”
blessed by the gods

Question 32

where is Helen found

Answer 32

in a high tower separated from the men and the battle

surrounded by women

Question 33

Our first view of Helen

Answer 33

weaving a purple cloth
“white armed” Hera’s epithet
covers her head in a veil of white linen- respectable