The Iliad Vocab

Question 0

What is aristeia?

Answer 0

“Excellence” a scene in the dramatic conventions of epic poetry as in the Iliad, where a hero in battle has his finest moment (Aristos=”best”)

Question 1

What is ambrosia?

Answer 1

Nestor that only a god eats

Question 2

Athanatoi

Answer 2

Immortals

Question 3

Epithet

Answer 3

A phrase that goes with a proper noun/metaphor

Question 4

Hubris

Answer 4

Excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis

Question 5

Garas

Answer 5

A surname

Question 6

Kleos

Answer 6

“what others hear about you” a Greek hero earns kleos through accomplishing great deeds, often through his own death.

Question 7

Timê

Answer 7

Honor; also meaning value attributed to a person (as Achilles timê); public acknowledgment of ones values/glory through awarding prizes

Question 8

Mênis

Answer 8

Wrath

Question 9

Proem

Answer 9

It states the theme, it tells you what it’s about

Question 10

Thnetoi

Answer 10

Mortals

Question 11

Xenia

Answer 11

Hospitality code. (Guest-host relationship) this code was what made the difference between civilization and barbarians
(Protected by Zeus, if you violate it, you will receive his wrath)

Question 12

What does it mean to be human

Answer 12

1) you have the ability to suffer
2) but because you suffer you can receive glory
3) you have to fight through the pain, in order to get what you want/glory