Iliad Book 6 Flashcards
Who is the first man killed and by who?
Ajax kills Akamas !
Who offers ransom to Menelaus in exchange for their life ?
Adrestos
How does Agamemnon intervene with Menelaus contemplating accepting the ransom for Adrestos’ life ?
Says no Trojan should be taken alive even the ones in their mother’s wombs
Highlighting the extend that Homeric heroes will go to , to avenge insults to Kleos (Paris taking Helen)
How does homer describe Agamemnon’s advice to Menelaus and why ?
“Right advice”
Suggests a moral correctness in maintaining and avenging kleos to achieve timé
Who stabs adrestos ?
Agamemnon
What is the name of the Augur who introduces Hektor and Aeneus in book 6?
Helenus
How does Helenus describe Hektor and Aeneus?
What is homer highlighting here ?
Best at fighting and planning
Suggests they are most heroic of the Trojan warriors as this illustrates the qualities demanded for Homeric heroism (defeating opponents in battle and defeating opponents in debates)
They have the qualities of Homeric heroes
What is Helenus’ advice in book 6 to Hektor?
Go into the city Get women to go to temple of Athene Place finest robe their Sacrifice 12 heifers And pray
Get Paris
What does Helenus’ advice show about the trojans’ relationship with the gods ?
They are not aware they are hated by Athene
What is hektor’s epithet?
Hektor of the glinting helmet
What formulae is there in book 6?
The repetition of Helenus’ instructions
Which to heroes were about to fight but then decided not to because of the importance of Xenia ?
Glaukos
Diomedes
What is the leaf simile ?
Glaukos articulates that generations of people are like fleeting leaves presenting a bleak image of life
This highlights how immortal kleos is necessary to escape the cycle
Clearly highlighting the aims of Homeric heroism ?
How does Diomedes introduce himself
Misery comes to the parents of those that fight me
Meet your doom !
But doesn’t want to fight a god (Athene said not to in book 5 unless instructed)
Outline Glaukos’ family history very briefly.
Why is this significant ?
His grandfather Bellephontes was sent to Lycia with a note for the king instructing him to kill him as
Anteia told Proitos he tried to sleep with her
The king sends Bellephontes on seemingly impossible tasks like kill Chimaira and amazons and Solymoi and there was an ambush set up for him
King then gives him his daughter in marriage
His auntie had a baby with Zeus
Highlights the importance of family in heroism. His ancestral kleos enhanced his
Addresses kleos by referring to ancestry
What is the Chimaira
Lion/snake/goat combo
What advice did glaukos’ father give him ?
Why is this significant ?
Be the bravest and best and exceed over others
This emphasis on kleos and timé articulates what it takes to be a Homeric hero
“Over others” - THE BEST
Pressure ! Of ! Homeric ! Hero !
Not disgrace family
Why do Glaukos and Diomedes decide to not fight ?
Why is this significant ?
Their grandfathers entertained eaachother
So they wrap armour in a bond of Xenia
Highlights importance of being pious and respecting Xenia during war
Highlights the importance of ancestry as they don’t kill each other because of past generations’ relations
What is Hekor’s mum called
Hecuba
What does Hektor’s mum offer him?
Why does he refuse ?
Honey sweet wine and a sit down
Refuses
-doesn’t want to sap his strength
He is dedicated to fighting and the trojan war so doesn’t want to undermine his performance, just wants to maximise kleos and timé
- doesn’t want to disrespect Seusbwe he is covered in blood
PIOUS
What does Hektor tell Hecuba to do ?
Formulae of Helenus’ advice
Go to temple or Athene
Bring robe
Sacrifice 12 heifers
Pray
How does Athene respond to ritual !
Shakes her head
Petty bitch
What is Paris doing when Hekor first sees him
Fussing over his armour
What does Paris say when Hektor tells him to return to war
Helen had just persuaded him to
What does Helen say to Hektor ?
How does he respond
Wishes she was married to a better man - i.e. Him FLIRTY
offers him a sit down
He refuses
Showing duty to trojans
What does the order of Hektor’s actions convey ?
Sees his family last showing that he fulfills his duty and does the most selfish act last
This highlights his dedicated to the Trojan war
What are Hektor’s wife and son called
Andromache
And
Astynax “lord of city”
How do Andromache and Hektor meet ?
They run to each other by the Skaian gates
What does Andromache reveal about her family ?
What does she say in regard to this
They were all killed by Achilles and Hektor is all she has left
She would rather die than lose him
What does Andromache say about Hektor’s heroism !
“Your own brave spirit will soon destroy you”
Highlights how his quest for heroism will result in death
What does Andromache ask Hektor to do?
Why does he refuse ?
What does this show ?
She asks him to bring army under arches to
Protect from archers
Appeals to her profound emotional bond of family to get him to do this
He refuses demonstrating his Homeric ethos saying he would feel terrible shame
Kleos /Homeric ethos > oikos
How does Hektor highlight his Homeric ethos to Andromache ?
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Emotionally profound speech about how he feels most pity for her when she is taken away when Troy will lose and he won’t have to hear her scream
But even so he will not adhere to anything but his Homeric ethos despite this
He must win great glory for his father and himself - highlights importance of ancestral timé requirements
What is the strange baby image ?
What does Hektor say to Astynax ?
Why is this problematic ?
Baby is frightened by helmet and Hektor and Andromache laugh
Helmet could symbolise the war which will destroy him
Hektor prays to Zeus for Astynax to have a greater kleos than him highlighting that his aim for his family to carry on the cycle of heroism is greater than his one for them to live
Problematic as he knows Troy will fall and they will most likely be killed.
Shows he is so trapped in the confines of Homeric heroism
He is UNQUESTIONING
How does Hektor finish addressing Andromache
Go back into oikos wife
War is men’s concern
What do the oikos do when Hektor leaves
Mourn him even though he is alive
What is the similie with Paris ?
How does he go into war
How does Hektor describe him ?
Magnificent virile simile where Paris is a horse going to penetrate women horses
He goes into war laughing so sure of his own magnificence
Hektor describes him as strange
What does Hektor tell Andromache about the outcome of the Trojan war
Troy will certi lose
