Illiad Book 4 Flashcards
Why does Hera object to allowing Troy to stand and Menelaus to take Helen back peacefully?
- because that would mean all her “efforts count for nothing”
Zeus grants Hera’s wish but what does he threaten to ransack of hers?
And how does Hera
- one of her favourite cities since Troy was his: “one where favourites of yours are living”
Athene is sent to get the battle in motion but how is she described coming down?
“Like a meteor” (highlights the start of something important)
Athene protects the arrow from hitting Menelaus, her care being like…
“Like a mother”
What is Aga most worried about if Menelaus dies?
- That everyone will remember it as a “failed expedition, retreat in empty ships and brave Menelaus left behind”.
How do we that Aga is ill-judged when criticising Odysseus for not having rejoined the battle?
“The call to battle had not yet reached their ears”
How does Aga propose reconciliation to Odysseus?
- he says he’ll “make up for it later if I’ve said anything offensive”
When learning about what happened to Menelaus, the Greeks suddenly had what?
“Their will to fight renewed”
Give 2 quotes that portray war in this Book.
- “the screams of the dying… and the earth ran with blood”.
- “Trojans and Greeks that day lay there in their multitudes.. face down in the dust”.
