The Illiad

Question 1

Who in Book I of the Iliad arrives at the Greek ships begging for his daughter, only to be refused by Agamemnon.

Answer 1

Chryses

Question 2

In book I of the Iliad Apollo shoots arrows at the Greek ships and causes a nine day plague, why did he do this?

Answer 2

Chryses prayed to Apollo to do so, because he was refused his daughter by the Greek commander Agamemnon.

Question 3

In book I of the Iliad who takes Chryseis to Chryses

Answer 3

Odysseus

Question 4

In book I of the Iliad Who does Agamemnon send to take Briseis from Achilles.

Answer 4

Talthybius & Eurybates

Question 5

In book I of the Iliad Achilles get’s enraged at Agamemnon for taking Briseis. Who calms him down?

Answer 5

Athena (sent by Hera), and Nestor

Question 6

In book I of the Iliad after Achilles gets Briseis taken he prays to Thetis to convince Zeus to do what?

Answer 6

Help the Trojans defeat the Greeks while Achilles isn’t fighting.

Question 7

In the guise of who does Zeus send a dream to Agamemnon ,to ready his troops and attack troy? In book II of the Iliad

Answer 7

Nestor

Question 8

In book II of the Iliad Agamemnon tells his troops that he has quit and will return home. What do his troops do in response?

Answer 8

Run back to their ships

Question 9

In book II of the Iliad Hera sends who to tell the Greeks to remain in troy and fight.

Answer 9

Athena

Question 10

In book II of the Iliad who gives a convincing speech about Calchas’ prophecy at Aulis?

Answer 10

Odysseus

Question 11

In book II of the Iliad who gets beaten by Odysseus for railing on Agamemnon

Answer 11

Thersites

Question 12

In book II of the Iliad, before the departure to troy, what does Athena give the greek soldiers.

Answer 12

100 tassels of pure gold worth 100 oxen each, and courage in the heart of each soldier

Question 13

In book II of the Iliad who’s catalogue of the greek ships is shown?

Answer 13

Nestor’s

Question 14

What son of Telamon and Periboea brings 12 ships to Troy?

Answer 14

Telamonian Ajax / Ajax the Greater

Question 15

What son of Oileus and Eriopis brought 40 ships to Troy?

Answer 15

Oilean Ajax / Ajax the Lesser

Question 16

What son of Tydeus and Deipyle brought 80 ships to Troy?

Answer 16

Diomedes

Question 17

What son of Atreus and Aerope brought 100 ships to Troy?

Answer 17

Agamemnon

Question 18

What son of Atreus and Aerope brought 60 ships to Troy?

Answer 18

Menelaus

Question 19

What son of Neleus and Chloris brought 90 ships to Troy?

Answer 19

Nestor

Question 20

What son of Anticlea and Sisyphus/Laertes brought 12 ships to Troy?

Answer 20

Odysseus

Question 21

What son of Deucalion and Cleopatra brought 80 ships to Troy?

Answer 21

Idomeneus

Question 22

What son of Thetis and Peleus brought 50 ships to Troy?

Answer 22

Achilles

Question 23

What son of Iphiclus brought 40 ships to Troy?

Answer 23

Protesilaus

Question 24

What two sons of Asclepius brought 30 ships to Troy?

Answer 24

Machaon & Podalirius

Question 25

What son of Poeas brought 7 ships to Troy?

Answer 25

Philoctetes

Question 26

What two sons of Ares and Astyoche brought 30 ships to Troy?

Answer 26

Ascalaphus & Ialmenus

Question 27

What son of Eumaeon and Ops brought 40 ships to Troy?

Answer 27

Eurypylus

Question 28

What son of Peteus brought 50 ships to troy?

Answer 28

Menestheus

Question 29

What son of Chalcodon and Imenarete/Melanippe/Alcyone brought 40 ships to troy

Answer 29

Elephenor

Question 30

What son of Ancaeus brought 60 ships to Troy?

Answer 30

Agapenor

Question 31

What two men of Eurytus and Theraephone, and Cteatus and Therenice,brought 10 ships to Troy each?

Answer 31

Amphimachus (Cteatus and Therenice) & Thalpius (Eurytus and Theraephone)

Question 32

What son of Heracles & Astyoche brought 9 ships to Troy?

Answer 32

Tlepolemus

Question 33

What son of Admetus and Alcestis brought 11 ships to Troy?

Answer 33

Eumelus

Question 34

What two men the sons of Pirithous & Hippodameia and Coronus brought 40 ships to Troy?

Answer 34

Polypoetes (Pirithous & Hippodameia) and Leonteus (Coronus)

Question 35

In book II of the Iliad who does Zeus send in the guise of Polites to tell Priam that the Greeks are coming?

Answer 35

Iris

Question 36

In book III of the Iliad who goes out to face Menelaus in single combat but gets scared?

Answer 36

Paris

Question 37

In book III of the Iliad Iris in the guise of who informs Helen of the fight between Menelaus and Paris?

Answer 37

Laodice

Question 38

In book III of the Iliad what two servants of Helen go with her to check out the fight between Menelaus and Paris?

Answer 38

Aethra & Clymene

Question 39

In book III of the Iliad who envelops Paris while he his being dragged by Menelaus from his helmet?

Answer 39

Aphrodite (who takes him to his bed chamber where Helen is waiting)

Question 40

In book III of the Iliad who's sword breaks after hitting it on Menelaus' helmet?

Answer 40

Paris

Question 41

In book IV of the Iliad Zeus and Hera argue. What do they argue over?

Answer 41

Zeus argues that Menelaus won the duel ,and that the war should be over, but Hera refuses to accept nothing less then the destruction of Troy/

Question 42

In book IV of the Iliad Athena in the guise of Laodocus gets who to shoot an arrow at Menelaus to break the truce?

Answer 42

Pandarus (Athena deflected the arrow to his belt and Machaon cures it)

Question 43

Who is the first man killed after the truce is broken, and who killed him?

Answer 43

Echepolus killed by Antilochus

Question 44

In book IV of the Iliad who is killed by Agenor while trying to steal Echepolus' armour

Answer 44

Elephenor

Question 45

In book IV of the Iliad what man born by the Simois River is killed by Ajax

Answer 45

Simoeisius

Question 46

In book IV of the Iliad who throws a spear at Ajax but misses him while he's dragging Simoeisius' body and hits Leucus instead?

Answer 46

Antiphus

Question 47

Who built Paris' ships, and was taught craftsmanship by Athena.

Answer 47

Tecton

Question 48

In book VI of the Iliad Menelaus lets Adrestus live for ransom, only to be killed by who?

Answer 48

Agamemnon

Question 49

Who is the wife of Antenor and priestess of Athena?

Answer 49

Theano

Question 50

In book VI of the Iliad what two men exchange armour rather then fighting due to their grandparents past.

Answer 50

Glaucus & Diomedes

Question 51

In book VI of the Iliad which gates does Hector go to, where his wife asks him not to go out and fight.

Answer 51

Scaean Gates

Question 52

In book VII of the Iliad what story does Nestor tell the Greeks to pump them up.

Answer 52

The story of when he killed Ereuthalion

Question 53

In book VII of the Iliad lots are chosen as to who should fight Hector in single combat. Who gets chosen?

Answer 53

Telamonian Ajax