Term 2 - Lecture 4 Part II Flashcards
Thrinakia
Island of Helios’ sheep
Palamedes
Sent by Agamemnon to Odysseus - foiled his plan of insanity
What does Ilium mean?
Troy
Supplicants in the Iliad
Priam, Khryses
Funeral ritual in the Iliad
Hector and Patroklus
What form was the Iliad written in? By whom?
Oral epic song by Homer
Who was Calchus sacred to?
Apollo
What are three names for the Greeks?
Acheans, Argives, Danaans
What are three names for the Trojans?
Ilium, Dardanians, Pergamum
Which one is time and which one is kleos… war spoils and early death in war?
Time: war spoils Kleos: early death in war
Is Khryseis returned with or without ransom?
Without
Who does Agamemnon claim to like Khryseis more than?
His own wife Clytemnestra - “she loses nothing by comparison in beauty or womanhood, mind or skill”
Where is Tantalus’ family from?
Argos
What makes Agamemnon threaten to take Briseis?
His loss of time/Khryseis
Who urges peace, when Agamemnon is threatening to take Briseis from Achilles, and Achilles is threatening to withdraw?
Nestor
Who is angry when Zeus takes Thetis’ supplication to help the Trojans win? What does Zeus do about it?
Hera is angry because she is on the Greek side - Zeus threatens her with violence
Who are the two peacemakers in the first book?
Nestor and Hephaestus
Who prevents Achilles from killing Agamemnon?
Athena, by the will of Hera
Who doesn’t want Zeus to help the Trojan side by will of Thetis/Achilles?
Hera - he threatens her with violence
How does Hephaestus calm Hera’s anger
He makes her laugh - tells a story about how he got his disability - gods feast all night
What does the word aristeia mean? Who have them?
Excellence - DIomedes and Patroklus
What occurs between Diomedes and Glaucus?
They introduce on the battlefield and realize that their grandfathers were friends. Exchange armour and find other opponents
What is Diomedes’ aristeia?
He encounters Aeneas on the battlefield, son of Aphrodite and Anchises. He is fated to live and found Rome. Aphrodite swoops in to save him and as she’s lifting him, Diomedes in all of his confidence, swipes at Aphrodites, scratching her. She drops Aeneas. Apollo then intereferes and saves Aeneas. Diomedes is described as lion-like.
What is Astyanax scared of when Hector is saying his goodbyes?
The helmet plume