World of the Hero: Homer’s Iliad Flashcards
1
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What must be done before the duel between Menelaus and Paris can take place?
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2
Q
- Who is the messenger who calls Helen to witness the duel?
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Iris
3
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- What is Helen doing when the messenger arrives?
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4
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- How does Helen describe herself to Priam?
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Slut I am
5
Q
- What does Priam ask Helen to do for him?
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Descibe the differnt soldiers
6
Q
- What weapons do Paris and Menelaus use to fight?
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7
Q
- Who rescues Paris form the duel?
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Aphrodite
8
Q
- How does Helen react to Paris’ rescue?
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Calls him a coward
9
Q
- What is the last thing that happens in Book 3?
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Agamemnon shouting how Menelaus has won
10
Q
Menelaus captures Adrestos alive. Adrestos begs for his life and Menelaus is about to spare
him, what makes him change his mind?
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Agamemnon convinces him to kill Adrestos
11
Q
- Who advises Hector to go back to the city?
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12
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3.Why?
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13
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- Which two warriors meet on the battlefield and discuss their lineage?
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14
Q
- Why is it said that ‘Zeus stole away the wits of Glaukos’?
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15
Q
- What is the very first thing that happens when Hector gets to the Skaian gates?
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16
Q
- What is the name of Hector’s mother?
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17
Q
- What two reasons does Hector give for refusing his mother’s offer of wine? (half a mark
each)
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18
Q
- What do the Trojan women offer to Athene?
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19
Q
- What is Athene’s response?
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20
Q
- What is Paris doing when Hector finds him?
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21
Q
- Where is Andromache?
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22
Q
- Who killed her family?
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23
Q
- What surprising advice does she give Hector? (surprising for a woman at least!)
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24
Q
- Why does Astyanax cry?
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25
Q
- What is Paris compared to as he runs through the city towards the battlefield?
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26
Q
- Who wept tears ‘like a dark spring trickling black streaks of water down a steep rock-face’?
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27
Q
- What is the name of Nestor’s son?
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28
Q
- Name three gifts that Agamemnon had in mind to grant Achilles
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29
Q
- Who was sitting with Achilles when the embassy arrived?
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30
Q
- Who did Ajax claim was running mad, in a ‘mad dog frenzy’?
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31
Q
- What does Achilles claim Zeus has done to Agamemnon?
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32
Q
- Why did Phoenix quarrel with his father?
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33
Q
- What advice does Phoenix give Achilles?
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34
Q
- What did Diomedes have to say to Agamemnon on the subject of Achilles upon his return?
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35
Q
- What is the last thing that happens in Book 9?
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36
Q
- Who is the first to volunteer for the spy mission into the Trojan camp?
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37
Q
- Who does he choose to go with him, and why?
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38
Q
- What do the Achaians hope to gain by the mission?
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39
Q
- Who is sent on a similar mission for the Trojans?
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40
Q
- What are his motivations?
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41
Q
- Who catches whom spying?
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42
Q
- What do they learn?
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43
Q
- Which unit of Trojan fighters are Diomedes and Odysseus most interested in?
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44
Q
- What becomes of Dolon?
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45
Q
- Who is later killed and what is taken?
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