Book 9 Flashcards
Name of the Book
The Embassy To Achilles
The Greek Mnetality
thinking of flight
Agamemnon’s speech
crying he calls an assembly
tells the men to sail home, Ilium will never fall to them
Everyone is speechless
Diomedes’s reaction to Agamemnon’s speech
calls him a coward, insults him viciously
Nestor’s reaction to Agamemnon’s speech
he insults him
calls him an outlaw from claw, law and home
advises him, tells him to prepare a feast for the leaders
tells Agamemnon he dishonored Achilles and that they should now try to win him round
Agamemnon’s reaction to Nestor’s speech
Agrees it was blind folly to dishonor Achilles
he was deluded by Zeus and that he will offer Achilles “limitless compensation”
“willing to make amends”
Agamemnon’s gifts
7 untarnished tripods
10 talents of gold
20 cauldrons of gleaming copper
12 powerful racehorses
7 women skilled in arts and crafts
1 untouched Briseis
to load his ship with gold and bronze from sacked Troy
20 Trojan women of his choice
1 of Agamemnon’s three daughters hand in marriage
7 prosperous towns, who will honor him like a god
What Agamemnon wants in return from Achilles
he wants him to surrender and to submit to him
The embassy
selected by Nestor
a prayer to Zeus
Achilles is found
playing a lyre from Eetion’s town singing of the famous deeds of heroes
How Achilles greats the embassy
he greets them warmly “Welcome Dear friends”
tells Patroclus to serve them less dilute wine
Odysseus’s speech
describes the situation
reminds Achilles of his father Peleus’s words to keep a firm grip on his proud spirit and to avoid destructive quarrels
gives a list of Agamemnon’s promised gifts
tells him the Greeks would honour him like a god
That he would be able to ill Hector and cover himself in glory
Achilles’s reply to Odysseus
he refuses because the same death awaits cowardly and brave men alike and that all he has gained is no better than anyone else and Agamemnon gets the lion’s share
talks of his choice from Thetis
He now believes nothing to be worth the value of life
“only one” Agamemnon has robbed
What Achilles plans to do (in reply to Odysseus)
He will sacrifice to Zeus and the Gods and will leave the next morning
Phoenix’s speech to Achilles
he gives an emotional speech on how he brought him up and tells him to give in to their SUPPLICATION
tells him the story of Meleagre who refused gifts and never got any of them
