Iliad

Question 1

“Hector of…

Answer 1

… the glinting helmet.” (6) or “Hector, tamer of horses.” (24)

Question 2

Paris= “fussing over…

Answer 2

… his exquisite armour.” (6)

Question 3

Helen: “The scheming…

Answer 3

… horrible creature that I am.” (6)

Question 4

Astyanax simile: “Shining…

Answer 4

… as lovely as a star.” (6)

Question 5

Andromache= “doomed…

Answer 5

… wife.” (6)

Question 6

Andromache to H: “Please…

Answer 6

… feel pity for us.” (6)

Question 7

“Fate, I tell you…

Answer 7

… is something no man is ever freed from.” (6)

Question 8

“So they mourned…

Answer 8

… Hector, while he still lived.” (6)

Question 9

Paris finally going to battle simile: “As when some…

Answer 9

… stalled horse… breaks his halter.” (6)

Question 10

Metaphor for Achilles at the news of Patroclus’ death: “the black cloud…

Answer 10

… of sorrow enveloped Achilleus.” (18)

Question 11

“Now I shall go…

Answer 11

… to find the destroyer of that dear life, Hector.” (18)

Question 12

Achilles to Thetis: “Do not…

Answer 12

… try to keep me from battle.” (18)

Question 13

“silver-footed…

Answer 13

… goddess Thetis.” (18)

Question 14

(Hector) “This own death…

Answer 14

… is close on him.” (18)

Question 15

Simile. “Hector, son of Priam…

Answer 15

… like a flame in his fury.” (18)

Question 16

Simile for the way Achilles looks after Athene has dressed him up: “As when smoke…

Answer 16

… rises up form a city.” (18)

Question 17

(Achilles) “His shout startled…

Answer 17

… a mighty terror in the Trojans.” (18)

Question 18

Poulydamas’ advice: “I advise you…

Answer 18

… to return to the city.” (18) (“good advice”)

Question 19

(H) “I shall not…

Answer 19

… run form him in the grim clash of war.” (18)

Question 20

“They applauded Hector…

Answer 20

… and his disastrous plan.” (18)

Question 21

Simile for Achilles: “Like some great…

Answer 21

… bearded lion whose cubs have been stolen.” (about Patroclus?) (18)

Question 22

“Huge and massive…

Answer 22

… shield, decorating it all over.” (18)

Question 23

Thetis coming with armour: “She plunged down…

Answer 23

… like a hawk from snowy Olympus.” (18)

Question 24

“The Trojans panicked…

Answer 24

… like deer.” (22)

Question 25

Achilles to Apollo: “You have robbed…

Answer 25

… me of great glory.” (22)

Question 26

Simile for Ach. “Moving at speed…

Answer 26

… like a champion horse pulling a chariot.” (22)

Question 27

Simile for Ach. “Glittering like a…

Answer 27

… star that comes in late summer.” (22)

Question 28

Priam to H: “Do not face…

Answer 28

… this man alone.” “He is far stronger than you.” (22)

Question 29

Priam’s fate: “The dogs…

Answer 29

… will tear me.” (22)

Question 30

Priam- “But he could not move…

Answer 30

… Hector’s heart.” (22)

Question 31

Hector waiting for Achilles simile- “Like a snake…

Answer 31

… in his hole waits for the approach of a man.” (22)

Question 32

H= “I feel…

Answer 32

… shame.” (22) - not taking Poulydamas’ advice.

Question 33

H- “Either kill him…

Answer 33

… and return home, or die a glorious death.” (22)

Question 34

H= “He no longer…

Answer 34

… had the courage to stand his ground.” (22)

Question 35

Simile for Ach. “Just as a hawk in the mountains…

Answer 35

… swoops after a trembling dove with ease.” (22)

Question 36

“They were running for…

Answer 36

… the life of Hector.” (22)

Question 37

Zeus to Athene- “Consider whether…

Answer 37

… we shall save him from death.” (22) (Athene says it is too risky to save a man who is doomed by fate, and the other gods wouldn’t approve, tells him he can if he really wants though.)

Question 38

Achilles driving H simile: “As when a dog…

Answer 38

… has started the fawn of deer from its lair.” (22)

Question 39

“Hector’s day of…

Answer 39

… doom sank down.” (22)

Question 40

Athene to Ach. “We will…

Answer 40

… kill Hector.” (22)

Question 41

H to A: “I shall…

Answer 41

… kill or be killed.” (22) (After encouragement from Deiphobos- who was actually Athene in disguise.)

Question 42

“Athene has…

Answer 42

… tricked me.” (22)

Question 43

“My fate…

Answer 43

… has caught me.” (22)

Question 44

“Godlike Achilles…

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… triumphed over him.” (22)

Question 45

“Now the dogs and…

Answer 45

… birds will maul you hideously.” (22)

Question 46

H to A: “Your heart…

Answer 46

… is like iron in your breast.” (22) Priam says this to Ach. too- “Your heart must be made of iron.” (24)

Question 47

A cuts the tendons in H’s feet and ties him to the back of his chariot: “So his…

Answer 47

… head would be left to drag.” (22)

Question 48

Priam= “He rolled…

Answer 48

… there in the dung.” (22)

Question 49

Metaphor, Andromache: “Black night…

Answer 49

… covered over her eyes.” (22)

Question 50

“He has lost his dear father…

Answer 50

… there will be much suffering for him.” (22)

Question 51

“Achilles dishonoured…

Answer 51

… godlike Hector in his fury.” (24)

Question 52

“Achilles has…

Answer 52

… murdered pity.” (24) metaphor

Question 53

Zeus- “He may then give Hector…

Answer 53

… back in fear of me.” (24)

Question 54

Hecabe to Priam: “Your heart…

Answer 54

… must be made of iron.” (echoing H to A) (24)

Question 55

Zeus’ omen to Priam: “He immediately sent…

Answer 55

… an eagle, surest omen of all flying things.” (24)

Question 56

Priam- “Kissed his hands, those…

Answer 56

… terrible, murderous hands, which had killed many of his sons.” (24)

Question 57

Ach. “In pity for his grey…

Answer 57

… head and grey beard.” (24)

Question 58

“Priam gazed at…

Answer 58

… Achilles with admiration.” (24)

Question 59

Andromache- “Tell me some weighty…

Answer 59

… last word that I could remember forever.” (24)