Illiad Sch

Answer 1

The Gods are the ‘chief source of comedy’ in the lliad - Redfield

2. Achilles is a “superhuman adolescent” - TS Eliot
3. Hector - “the most human of heroes” - Vandiver 4.

Helen = “The Anti-Woman” - Hauser

5. “Homer lingers lovingly over every death” - Sir Moses Finley
6. (On sympathy for dying warriors) - “a melancholy music pervades the entire poem” - Van Nortwick 7. Achilles’ speech (in Book 9) “Appears to undercut the entire basis of his society” - Vandiver

“There is no real romantic love in the lliad” - M. Silk

Question 2

God’s

Answer 2

The Gods are the ‘chief source of comedy’ in the lliad - Redfield

Question 3

Elliott

Answer 3

Achilles is a “superhuman adolescent” - TS Eliot

Question 4

Hector

Answer 4

Hector - “the most human of heroes” - Vandiver 4.

Question 5

Helen

Answer 5

Helen = “The Anti-Woman” - Hauser

Question 6

Death

Answer 6

Homer lingers lovingly over every death” - Sir Moses Finley

Question 7

Sympathy

Answer 7

• “a melancholy music pervades the entire poem” -

Question 8

Love

Answer 8

There is no real romantic love in the lliad” - M. Silk

Question 9

Society and achilles

Answer 9

Achilles’ “Appears to undercut the entire basis of his society” - Vandiver