WOTH Jan Mock

Question 1

Aspects of a Homeric Hero

Answer 1

attention of the gods
shows emotion
physically impressive
epithets
civilised
fights for and respects his family/ homeland
fights for glory- kleos
MORTAL
self-control
noble birth

Question 2

Kleos

Answer 2

glory earned through battle
immortality- generations know a fighters name

Question 3

Timé

Answer 3

honour
the good opinion of other men through achievements

Question 4

menos

Answer 4

might
the surge of anger they feel on the battlefield

Question 5

charma

Answer 5

joy in fighting

Question 6

thumos

Answer 6

enthusiasm for figthing

Question 7

aidos

Answer 7

shame
fear of disgrace
respect for gods, friends and enemies

Question 8

Geras

Answer 8

prizes
earned by war
timé is shown by this

Question 9

oral tradition define

Answer 9

hundreds of years of repetition by bards
in media res- the audience would understand the story
artistic, meant to memorised and sung

Question 10

oral tradition techniques

Answer 10

dactylic hexameter
epithets
repeated scenes
formulae- cataloguing
rhapsode

Question 11

book 1 Women

Answer 11

only seen as geras
‘help myself to your prize … And what an angry man I will leave” by Agamemnon
‘I like her better than my wife’- Ag on Chryseis
Thetis as a mother talking to Zeus in supplication- ‘sank to her knees… supplicated him’

Question 12

Book 1 the gods

Answer 12

Apollo bringing plague for the Greeks for Ach- ‘his descent was like nightfall’
Thetis begging Zeus- ‘sank to her knees… pay back my son’

Question 13

Book 1 heroism

Answer 13

Ach- ‘burst into tears’
‘thrust his way through the crowd and disembowel agamemnon’
Zeus nods, Achilles’s help with the plague

Question 14

book 1 menis

Answer 14

“anger- sing, goddess, the anger of Achilles’- first line- ‘brought the Greeks endless suffering”
‘thrust his way through the crowd and disembowel agamemnon’

Question 15

book 1 fate

Answer 15

‘to an evil destiny that I brought you into the world’- Thetis, Ach
‘no failure to fulfil it, no going back’ Zeus on his nod

Question 16

book 2 plot

Answer 16

Zeus sends Ag a dream that he will defeat Troy
tests troops by saying they should go home
Odysseus and Nestor berate them
sacrifices to Zeus
Trojans assemble
explain Trojan cycle and Paris and Helen
Zeus dream again- relayed to Ag’s troops

Question 17

book 3 Women

Answer 17

Helen’s guilt for the war
Helen weaving and observing- ‘great web of purple cloth… who had suffered for her sake’
Helen forced to have sex with Paris- ‘no, go and sit with him yourself’

Question 18

Book 3 the gods

Answer 18

Aphrodite forcing Helen to have sex with Paris- ‘Obstinate wretch!’
Aphrodite rescues Paris- ‘a dense mist whisked him away’

Question 19

Book 3 heroism

Answer 19

Paris stepping forwards- ‘stepped out from the ranks’ - ‘like a man who catches sight of a snake’
importance of appearance
battle of Mene.- ‘as delighted as a lion that comes upon a great carcass’, ‘hurling himself at Paris’ ‘dark death’ ‘unutterable glory’, ‘children’s children will shudder’
Hector’s aidos- ‘Paris, you parody! you sex-crazed seducer!’

Question 20

book 3 menis

Answer 20

mene. battling- ‘as delighted as a lion that comes upon a great carcass’, ‘hurling himself at Paris’ ‘leapt from his chariot’

Question 21

book 3 fate

Answer 21

‘Paris’s lot immediately jumped out’- 1 v 1 combat with Menelaus

Question 22

book 3 xenia

Answer 22

Menelaus’s prayer to Zeus- ‘children’s children will shudder … host who has offered them friendship.’

Question 23

Book 4 the gods

Answer 23

debate over whether to end the fighting- ‘Athena and Hera muttered darkly to each other’
‘lady Hebe served them with nectar’- hierarchy
Athena and Pandarus- ‘she persuaded the fool’ ‘like a mother brushing a fly from a sleeping child’

Question 24

Book 4 heroism

Answer 24

mortal- ‘as a woman… stains ivory with purple dye’- blood Mene.
Idomeneus’s Menis- ‘as he charged into action, the bronze rang terrifyingly’
Od.- ‘always looking out for number 1’

Question 25

book 4 menis

Answer 25

Idomeneus’s Menis- ‘as he charged into action, the bronze rang terrifyingly’
‘waves of an ocean… booming’
‘sheep… rich mans yard’

Question 26

book 4 fate

Answer 26

‘Zeus may postpone the penalty’- Ag because the Trojans broke the oath

Question 27

book 5 plot

Answer 27

Athena inspires Diomedes Greek
Pandarus shoots diomedes in shoulder Athena renews diomedes to see gods and tells to spear aphrodite
diomedes is went after by Aeneas and Pandarus
Athena guides spear to kill Pandarus and crushes Aeneas’s hip with boulder
Aphrodite tries to carry A away
DIomedes slashes Aphro and drops A
Apollo heals A and brings Ares to fight
Her and Athena get Zeus’s permission to blow Ares
Athena helps diomedes spear Ares

Question 28

book 6 Women

Answer 28

Hecabe- ‘gentle, generous mother’ ‘you who must pray’
Helen- ‘sulk by yourself (paris)’
‘Paris’s blind folly’
‘cold, evil-minded slut I am!’
Andromache- ‘you are father and mother to me as well as my strong husband’
Hector ‘besieged by Trojan wives and mothers running up to ask’

Question 29

Book 6 the gods

Answer 29

Hecabe- ‘you who must pray’ ‘longest and most decorated’

Question 30

Book 6 heroism

Answer 30

Hector- ‘if i hid like a coward I would feel nothing but shame’

Question 31

Book 6 xenia

Answer 31

Glaucus and Diomedes- ‘leapt from chariot, took by the hand and exchanged a solemn vow of friendship’

Question 32

book 6 menis

Answer 32

Agamemnon telling mene. to kill Adrestus ‘must be wiped out of existence’

Question 33

book 7 plot

Answer 33

return of H and P reinvigorate
Apollo proposes duel
Athena tells seer to say Hector should challenge a duel with the Greeks
Nestor gets volunteers- AJax by lots
H intimidated- bold attack but blocked
Ajax knocks Hector over with rock
agree to end duel with gifts
dont want to fight again- Trojan advisor sugests returning Helen
Parius offers treasure instead
Greeks says no and says they should have a day to bury dead
opportunity to build wall with trench around ships- Poseidon objects and Zeus says he can wash it away after they leave

Question 34

book 8 plot

Answer 34

Zeus forbids the other gods from participating in the war
he goes to Troy to take charge- weighs fate on golden scale
he drives the Greeks back with thunderbolts
Trojans want to break down wall and burn ships
Hera rants at
aga rials greeks and prayers to Zeus
Greeks take the lead back and Hector is encouraged
Hera and Athena go to battle furious
he sends Iris to warn them off and Hector will rampage until Achilles returns
Hector has army camp on the plain so the Greeks cannot escape

Question 35

Book 9 the gods

Answer 35

‘Zeus has seriously deluded me’- Aga
‘Zeus showers them with favourable omens’

Question 36

Book 9 women

Answer 36

‘taken the wife which I love’, ‘I only have to chose the one I want and make her my own’- Ach

Question 37

Book 9 heroism

Answer 37

Aga.- ‘weeping tears like a dark spring’
Diomedes- ‘you said I was a weakling and a coward’
od- ‘saving us Greeks from catastrophe.’
Geras- ‘7 tripods untarnished by the flames’- cataloguing
od- ‘old man advice which you have forgotten’, ‘you would cover yourself in glory in their eyes’
phoe.- ‘come while gifts are still to be had’

Question 38

Book 9 xenia

Answer 38

Achilles to the embassy- ‘chairs with purple coverings’
‘mix less water with the wine, Patroclus’
aj- ‘we are under your roof, representing the whole Greek army’

Question 39

book 9 menis

Answer 39

‘in love with the bitter taste of internal discord’- Nestor to Aga.
Od- ‘Hector is running wild, elated and irresistible.’
‘so obsessed by your anger’- Phoenix

Question 40

book 9 fate

Answer 40

Aga- ‘Trojan town with its broad streets will never fall to us’
‘Zeus showers them with favourable omens’
‘no home-coming for me, but eternal glory instead’

Question 41

Odysseus Epithet

Answer 41

resourceful Odysseus- said by Ach in scorn

Question 42

Helen Epithet

Answer 42

lovely-haired Helen

Question 43

Agamemnon Epithet

Answer 43

godlike Agamemnon

Question 44

Hector Epithet

Answer 44

Great Hector of the flashing helmet