Iliad

Question 1

Troy

Answer 1

Trojans

Question 2

Greeks

Answer 2

Achaeans, Argives, Danaans,

Question 3

Paris

Answer 3

(Troy) embarks to Sparta, falls for Helen and brings her back

Question 4

King Priam and Queen Hecuba

Answer 4

king and queen of Troy

Question 5

Menelaus

Answer 5

King of Sparta

Question 6

Agamemnon

Answer 6

Menelaus’ brother
commander in chief of the Achaean army

Question 7

Menelaus, Agamemnon

Answer 7

called sons of Atreus or Atrides

Question 8

Achilles

Answer 8

greatest warrior of the Achaeans and central figure of Iliad
son of mortal Peleus and sea goddess, Thetis
leader of the myrmidons

Question 9

Patroclus

Answer 9

Achilles’s closest friend

Question 10

Diomedes

Answer 10

son of Tydeus, “Tydides”

Question 11

Nestor

Answer 11

oldest and wisest Achaean at Trop

Question 12

Odyssesus

Answer 12

hero of the Odyssesy(achean)

Question 13

Ajax (the great)

Answer 13

strongest after Achilles(achean)

Question 14

Lesser Ajax

Answer 14

son of Oileus (achean)

Question 15

Aenas

Answer 15

son of Aphrodite(trojan)

Question 16

Sarpedon

Answer 16

son of Zeus, leader of Lycians (Glossary 639)(trojan)

Question 17

Hector

Answer 17

most sympathtis, greatest Trojan warrior
Wife-andromache
Son-astyanax

Question 18

Kleos

Answer 18

transcend your motral being, brillant in battle (glory, how to be remembered)
Zeus crushing Paris with his hand

Question 19

Aristeia

Answer 19

dramatic conversation
Diomedes stabbing Ares

Question 20

Xenia

Answer 20

(protection of strangers & obiedience to the gods)
any stranger can be a god, law
Athena gives Diomedes special sight to allow him to see the gods while fighting
Apollo vs. Ares (loathed vs. loved)

Question 21

Glory

Answer 21

to be treated a certain way for what youve done(gifts)
honor
Achilles must choose whether honor is worth death (early death or unknown in life)
Agamemnon sees honor as the prizes he gain, “Chryseis is gone, my honor is gone”

Question 22

The Embassy

Answer 22

Pheonix, Odysseus, greater Ajax, went to Achilles asking him to come back and fight

Question 23

“No wealth is worth my life”

Answer 23

Achilles said that about being the greatest warrior

Question 24

“The soul of chess is the humble pawn”

Answer 24

dolon is the soul of iliad

Question 25

“Force turns a subject into an object”

Answer 25

“those who have force from fate rely on it too much”

Question 26

“too long a sacrifice makes a stone of the heart”

Answer 26

all who use force will turn to stone

Question 27

Petrify

Answer 27

petrifactive quality of force

Question 28

Order vs chaos

Answer 28

order- to impose order, hierarchy
creates a system where someone’s in charge (singular)
chaos-irregularity, randomness, illogical
not absence of order, what happens when orders compete

Question 29

All-knowing god

Answer 29

all-knowing control

Question 30

Hector and Patroclus

Answer 30

represent love
equally tragic
cause each others deaths
hubris and bad judgment

Question 31

Paris and Agamemnon(stealer of women)

Answer 31

civil war
their actions affect other people

Question 32

Achilles shield

Answer 32

earthy element, cosmic order, earth, celestial, sky
symetrical pair, 2 noble cities, repair the breach
agricultural scenes (1-5)
dancing circle, circle of life, young people
ocean, inside-outside, cosmic vs human

Question 33

Ring composition

Answer 33

we end where we started

Question 34

Begins book 1 ends book 24

Answer 34

old man, apollo, funeral