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
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- Who is the messenger who calls Helen to witness the duel?
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Iris
3
Q
- 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
Q
- 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
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- What surprising advice does she give Hector? (surprising for a woman at least!)
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24
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- Why does Astyanax cry?
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16. What is Paris compared to as he runs through the city towards the battlefield?
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1. Who wept tears ‘like a dark spring trickling black streaks of water down a steep rock-face’?
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2. What is the name of Nestor’s son?
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3. Name three gifts that Agamemnon had in mind to grant Achilles
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4. Who was sitting with Achilles when the embassy arrived?
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5. Who did Ajax claim was running mad, in a ‘mad dog frenzy’?
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6. What does Achilles claim Zeus has done to Agamemnon?
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7. Why did Phoenix quarrel with his father?
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8. What advice does Phoenix give Achilles?
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9. What did Diomedes have to say to Agamemnon on the subject of Achilles upon his return?
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10. What is the last thing that happens in Book 9?
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1. Who is the first to volunteer for the spy mission into the Trojan camp?
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2. Who does he choose to go with him, and why?
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3. What do the Achaians hope to gain by the mission?
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4. Who is sent on a similar mission for the Trojans?
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5. What are his motivations?
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6. Who catches whom spying?
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7. What do they learn?
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8. Which unit of Trojan fighters are Diomedes and Odysseus most interested in?
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9. What becomes of Dolon?
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10. Who is later killed and what is taken?
