Homer Scholarship

Question 1

What does Edward’s say about how Homer views warfare?

Answer 1

Edward’s ‘homer sees warfare as a necessity in human affairs and as a field to play out the unrelenting struggle for honour’

Question 2

How does Farron say Homer depicted ALL women in the Iliad?

Answer 2

Farron ‘Homer portrayed all his women to display the agonies of war’

Question 3

What do Baker and Christiansen regard the most important theme in the Iliad to be?

Answer 3

Barker and Christensen ‘the most important theme in the Iliad is Achilles growing recognition of his mortality’

relate this to Patroclus and his humanity to this and aid from the gods as he abandons his humanity in the face of grief

Question 4

What does Jones say about Homer, fate and free will?

Answer 4

Jones ‘homer has no rational explanation between fate and free will, except they are often sees them as one and the same’