Illiad - Book 3 Flashcards
What is Paris’ epithet
“God-like Paris”
What words do Hector call Paris the first time they dispute?
“Parody”/ “ sex crazed seducer” and says that Paris “should never have been born”
How do we know that Paris wasn’t equipped properly for battle?
The armour he wore “belonged to his brother Lycaon” because he had turned up wearing a leopard’s skin.
How do we know that Paris hasn’t changed towards the end of the Book with his conversation to Helen?
- because he says “come, let us go to bed together and enjoy the pleasures of love”, which demonstrate clearly that he’s still not concerned with other people’s fate.
What do people think about Paris?
“They loathed him, all of them, like the Black Death”
Who does Priam blame for the cause of the war instead of Helen?
“The gods”
Where does Aphrodite take Paris?
To his “fragranted bedroom”
What does Aphrodite warn Helen?
That she can turn on her and loathe her “as vehemently as I have loved you”
What is Menelaus described as when he sees Paris?
He’s described “as a lion”
What’s the description used for when Menelaus chokes Paris?
He chokes him “by the pressure on his tender throat”
How do the camps react to the news of a duel?
“Greeks and Trojans were delighted of a reprieve from the painful business of fighting”
How are the camps described when they’re advancing?
- Greeks: “move forward in silence, breathing courage”
- Trojans: “ advanced with shrieks and cries like cranes”
What does Iris’ description of the duel fill Helen with?
“Sweet longing for her former husband”
What does Helen do now that she feels as though she’s made the wrong decision?
“Spend my life in tears”
How does Helen criticise herself?
“Slut that I am”
