Iliad

Question 1

Iliad

Answer 1

Oral epic

Question 2

Homer

Answer 2

Professional Bard

Question 3

Oral poetry

Answer 3

Sung, repetition, passed down for 100s of years, epithets

Question 4

Iliad time pd.

Answer 4

Elements of the Bronze age and contemporary elements

Question 5

Kingship

Answer 5

Chieftains

Question 6

Main idea of the Iliad

Answer 6

Wrath of Achilles

Question 7

Date of the Iliad

Answer 7

700, maybe 700-650

Question 8

Did Homer exist?

Answer 8

Maybe

Question 9

Homer’s style

Answer 9

Formulaic language, exaggerations, leisurely pace, no suspense, lists, similes

Question 10

Greek Heroic Code

Answer 10

Geras, Timê, Kleos, Mênis

Question 11

Geras

Answer 11

Prize. Visible representation of personal honor

Question 12

Timê

Answer 12

Honor, value, worth

Question 13

Kleos

Answer 13

Immortal glory

Question 14

Mênis

Answer 14

superhuman rage

Question 15

Greek heriosm

Answer 15

Only way to get honor

Question 16

Achilles in Vietnam

Answer 16

Book

Question 17

What was every man in Ancient Greece?

Answer 17

A warrior

Question 18

What genre is the iliad

Answer 18

Epic

Question 19

What is the Iliad written in?

Answer 19

Dactylic hexameter

Question 20

Characteristics of the Iliad

Answer 20

Oral poetry, epithets, heroic death, similes

Question 21

Theme

Answer 21

Rage of Achilles

Question 22

Cultural Characteristics

Answer 22

Heroic code, xenia, themis, and philia

Question 23

Heroic code

Answer 23

geras, time, kleos (spoils, honor, and glory)

Question 24

Xenia

Answer 24

guest/host relationship. Overseen by Zeus

Question 25

Themis

Answer 25

What is right

Question 26

Philia

Answer 26

Non-romantic love, really important bond

Question 27

Book 1

Answer 27

Agamemnon takes Chryseis, her dad tries to buy her back, Agamemnon’s men want him to give her back, Apollo sends a plague, Achilles tries to fix this, so Agamemnon takes Briseus (Achilles’ geras), Achilles prays to his mother

Question 28

Book 2

Answer 28

Zeus sends false dreams to Agamemnon, Greek army runs

Question 29

Aristea

Answer 29

supernaturally good fighting

Question 30

Book 6

Answer 30

Achilles’ past actions described, he was a good guy, Greeks start losing the battle

Question 31

Book 9

Answer 31

Greeks send an embassy to Achilles, Odysseus offers stuff, Phoenix took care of him when he was little, encourages him, Ajax says Achilles’ friends are dying, moves him but he does not fight

Question 32

Book 16

Answer 32

Many get wounded and killed, Achilles sends out Patroklos to scare the Trojans, gives him his armor and tells him not to get too close to the walls, Patroklos goes into aristea, goes for the walls, and dies

Question 33

Triggers for aristea

Answer 33

betrayal, insult, death of a friend, being wounded/ surrounded

Question 34

Book 17

Answer 34

Battle over Patroklos’ body, don’t leave your dead b/c enemies mutilate them

Question 35

Book 18

Answer 35

Tell Achilles Patroklos is dead, Achilles chooses to fight and die, has aristea

Question 36

Books 19-22

Answer 36

Achilles in a berserker state, kills many, won’t give the same mercy to Hektor as he’s given in the past, mutilates his body, but its protected by the gods somewhat, Thetis talks to her son

Question 37

Book 23

Answer 37

Funeral of Patroklos, pause war on both sides

Question 38

Book 24

Answer 38

gods want Hektor’s body, suggest Priam get it, Priam goes to Achilles, pleads fir the body, they grieve together, , Achilles eats with him, breaking out of social isolation, Women have the final words with Hektor’s funeral, enemies come together to mourn, hope for humanity