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World Literature Iliad Study Guide
Know who these characters are and the role he or she played in the Iliad:
1. Agamemnon
9. Patroclus
2. Achilles
10. Calchas
3. Briseis
11. Andromache
4. Priam
12. Thetis
5. Menelaus
13. Paris
6. Helen
14. Zeus
7. Hephaestus
15. Athena
8. Hector
Know the answer for the following questions.
1. Which actions illustrate the gods’ fondness for Achilles?
2. What Greek custom of proper behavior does Paris break which starts the wheels of war?
3. Why does Achilles ask Zeus to allow the Greeks, his countrymen, to die in battle?
4. Why does Hector think Patroclus is actually Achilles?
5. How does Priam appeal to Achilles?
6. What event ends the Iliad?
7. Who weighs the fates of Achilles and Hector on a scale
8. List the acts of Achilles’ rage presented in the epic:
Achilles, Hector and even Odysseus are heroes who reflect the values of their ancient Greek culture. Answer
the following questions based on what you know of the culture from our Greek Mythology unit and their
actions in the text we read and film we viewed.
9. What characteristics of a typical Greek hero does Hector most show when he refuses to stay inside the
walls of Troy and answers the challenge of Achilles?
10. What characteristics of a typical Greek hero does Achilles most show when he is unable to master his
rage and refuses to fight with his fellow Greeks?
11. What characteristics of a typical Greek hero does Odysseus most show when he comes up with the
idea of the Trojan Horse?
Which events in Achilles’ life fulfill the traits of an archetypal hero.
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unusual birth
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leaves family
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traumatic event
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special weapon
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super-natural help
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proves himself
Whose epithets are these?
12.
Goddess of the white arms
16.
Lord of the lightening
13.
____________ god of the silver bow
17.
Breaker of horses
14.
Swift-runner ______________
18.
Grey-eyed goddess
15.
_______ of the White Arms
19.
Lord of Men
Identify the appropriate element of epic poetry in each quote
38. “He’ll cut me down straight off—stripped of defenses like a woman once I have loosed the armor off the
body.” (Book 22 Line 42)
39. “Priam the son of Dardanus gazed at Achilles” (Book 24, Line 288)
40. “At last, when young Dawn with her rose-red fingers shone once more…” (Book 24, Line 400)
41. “Achilles went for him [Hector], fast, sure of his speed as the wild mountain hawk, swooping down on a
cringing dove and the dove flits out from under, his fury driving him down—so Achilles flew at him
[Hector]” (Book 22, Lines 58-64)
42. [Achilles speaks to Agamemnon] “Staggering drunk, with your dog’s eyes, your fawn’s heart!“
(Book 1, Lines 264-265)
43. The theme of the Iliad is stated in the invocation: “Rage –Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus’ son
Achilles, murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans(Greeks) countless losses” (Book 1, Lines 1-2).
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