The Iliad

Question 1

Who wrote the Iliad?

Answer 1

Homer

Question 2

Homer is a?

Answer 2

a blind poet

Question 3

two Greek epics by Homer

Answer 3

Iliad

Odyssey

Question 4

There are no records of his existence and that he must be a collection of people, why?

Answer 4

Because his epic poems were passed by oral tradition, therefore different people may have said it differently

Question 5

Is the “Illiad” a Greek tragedy?

Answer 5

Yes

-Tragedy is the downfall of a good person due to fatal error

Question 6

What are the 3 Principles of the Greek Tragedy

Answer 6

1. A true tragedy should evoke pity and fear from the audience.
2. The tragic hero must be essentially admirable and good.
3. In a true tragedy, a hero’s demise must come as a result of some personal error or decision.

Question 7

the cleansing of emotions

Answer 7

catharsis

Question 8

a fatal mistake

Answer 8

hamartia

Question 9

the overweening pride or insolence that leads to the protagonist’s misfortune

Answer 9

Hubris or “violent transgression”

Question 10

the paybacks for the actions of hubris.

Answer 10

Nemesis or “retribution”

Question 11

a transition in fortune

Answer 11

catastrophe

Question 12

the epiphany and recognition of the fate of humans, the will of the gods, and destiny.

Answer 12

anagnorisis

Question 13

Does Achilles fit the description for the Tragic Hero?

Answer 13

Yes

Question 14

Define the Tragic Hero

Answer 14

• renowned & prosperous
• must commit hamartia
• does not require hero to die
• must have an anagnorisis

Question 15

Who are the characters in the excerpt? (The Aecheans/Greeks)

Answer 15

Achilles
Patroclus
The Myrmidons

Question 16

Who are the characters in the excerpt? (The Trojans)

Answer 16

Hector 
Priam
Andromache
Hecabe
Helen

Question 17

Who are the characters in the excerpt and the movie?

Answer 17

Gods and Goddesses:
Apollo
Hera
Athena
Zeus
Poseidon
Hermes
Thetis

Question 18

Where is the setting of the excerpt?

Answer 18

Troy

& Mt. Olympus

Question 19

What are the themes of the Iliad?

Answer 19

Destiny/Fate
Power
Hubris
Love and Lust
Family
Loyalty

Question 20

What is the role of destiny or fate?

Answer 20

The Greeks believed that everything is predetermined by the gods.
There is no escape from fate.

Question 21

Who is the god who favored Hector and Troy?

Answer 21

Apollo

Question 22

Why do Athena and Hera hate Paris and Troy?

Answer 22

Paris chose Aphrodite when he was asked to choose who was the most beautiful goddess instead of the other two.

Question 23

Why does Achilles hold a grudge against Hector?

Answer 23

Hector killed Patroclus

Question 24

What did Achilles do to Hector’s corpse?

Answer 24

He dragged it around while riding his chariot

Question 25

How many times would Achilles drag Hektor’s body? Around what?

Answer 25

Three times around to tomb of Patroclus

Question 26

Father of Patroclus

Answer 26

Menoitios

Question 27

In the excerpt, who escorted Priam to Achilles’s camp?

Answer 27

Hermes

Question 28

How many days did Achilles promise for the Trojans to bury Hector?

Answer 28

11 days

Question 29

____days we would keep him in our palace to mourn him

Answer 29

9 days

Question 30

bury him on the ___ day, and the people feast by him

Answer 30

10th day

Question 31

On the ___ day we would make the grave-barrow for him

Answer 31

11th day

Question 32

On the ___day fight again; if we must do so

Answer 32

12th day

Question 33

Knowing their fates, do you think Hector and Achilles would have escaped their fates if they wanted to?

Answer 33

• Greek tragedy does not allow it

- Gods control their fate, thus escape from it is impossible