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...

Answer 44

... 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)