Scholarship Iliad Flashcards
How does Vandiver describe Paris?
Attractive, light-hearted, irresponsible
What does Duffy say about the meeting of Hector and Andromache in Book 6?
They are both expressing views which do not match their traditional roles
What does Davies say about the Doloneia?
Diomedes and Odysseus commit cowardly and treacherous murder
What does Edwards say about the Doloneia?
It isn’t unHomeric and we should judge by modern standards
What does Jones say about Achilles from Book 9?
He is driven by emotion not logic
What does Rosner say about the story of Meleager?
The themes mirror the Iliad in general
What does Arieti say about Achilles in Book 18?
He becomes the inventor of guilt
What does Haubold say about Hector?
He is portrayed more diversely than other characters
What does Jones say about divine intervention?
Homer shows people making up their own minds without divine intervention
What does Finley say about deaths in the Iliad
Homer and the audience lingered lovingly over every slaughter
Who says Homer’s battle scenes are suffused with pathos?
Parker
Who says Homer gives a sense of the splendour of heroic valor and achievement?
Parker
Who says the Iliad ends not with carnage but pity and reconciliation?
Parker
What does Allan say about Homer’s presentation of war?
Homer presents the complexity of war
Who said in the Iliad the gods are like men and the men are like gods?
Jones
