Book 4 Flashcards
Why so Zeus reluctant to allow Troy to be destroyed? (2)
He’s well respected there
It’s very dear to him
What does Hera say Zeus can do if he allows her to continue her persecution of Troy? (4)
That he is allowed to destroy 3 cities close to her heart:
Argos
Sparta
Mycenae
Who breaks the truce? How? (2)
Pandaros
Bow and arrow
What God causes him to do so? (1)
Athene
Why isn’t Menelaus mortally wounded when he is shot by an arrow? (1)
Athene deflects the arrow
What simile is used to describe Athene deflecting the arrow? (1)
‘she brushed it away from his skin as lightly as when a mother brushes a fly away from her child who is lying in sweet sleep’
What does Agamemnon do when he sees his brother get injured? (2)
Gives a big, over dramatic speech
Calls a physician
Who is the first commander addressed by Agamemnon on his tour of the troops? (1)
Idomeneus
What people is Idomeneus commanding? (1)
Cretans
What is Nestor doing when Agamemnon comes upon him? (2)
Ordering his men
Urging his men for battle
How does Agamemnon anger Odysseus? (1)
By saying he’s hanging back from the fighting
What tactic does Agamemnon use to shame Diomedes into fighting? (2)
Compares him to his father Tydeus
Who was always willing to fight
How does Diomedes respond to Agamemnon’s attempts to shame into to fighting? Why? (2)
He gives no answer
He is in awe of the King
What God rallies the Trojans? (1)
Ares
Paraphrase the last sentence of the book (1)
‘On that day many men of the Achaians and Trojans lay sprawled in the dust face downward beside one another’
