Bk 4 Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
Q
Why is Zeus reluctant to let Troy fall?
A
he is well respected there and it is dear to him
2
Q
What does Hera offer to Zeus if he allows Troy to fall?
A
to destroy 3 of her beloved cities:
Argos
Sparta
Mycenae
3
Q
Who breaks the truce between Greeks and Trojans?
Under what gods influence?
A
Pandaros with an arrow
Athene
4
Q
Why isn’t Menelaus mortally wounded when shot by an arrow?
A
Athene deflects it
5
Q
What is the simile used as Athene deflects the arrow?
A
‘she brushed it away from his skin as lightly as when a mother brushed a fly from her child who is lying in sweet sleep’
6
Q
why does agamemnon anger odysseus?
A
by saying he is hanging back from the fight
7
Q
how does agamemnon shame diomedes into fighting?
A
compares him to his father
8
Q
what god rallies the trojans?
A
Ares
