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The Iliad Books I­XV Test Review Sheet
Background:
­­When Trojan War took place
­­When Homer was writing
­­How we can conclude he was a written and oral poet
­­Greek Education system
­­Titans, Gods
­­Judgment of Paris
­­Achilles Background Myths
­­House of Atreus
Major themes:
­­Free will
­­Depiction of gods
­­Fate
­­Gender Roles
­­Code of Conduct/Ethics
­­Code of War
­­Trickery/Deception
­­Loyalty/Disloyalty
­­Importance of Ancestry
­­Effects of War
Techniques
­­Similes/double similes
­­Aristeia
­­Epithets
­­Repetition
­­Personification
Major scenes
­­Achilles/Agamemnon showdown (Book 1)
­­Murderous dream/Agamemnon speech/running for ships (Book 2)
­­Menelaus, Paris, Helen, and Aphrodite (Book 3)
­­Aristeia of Diomedes, esp. interactions with gods (Book 5)
­­Hector, Andromache, and his son (Book 6)
­­Hector saved from Ajax by nightfall (Book 7)
­­Zeus establishes his will (Book 8)
­­Embassy to Achilles conversation (Book 9)
­­Hera’s Seduction of Zeus (Book 14)
­­Zeus lays out the plan for Achilles’ glory (Book 15)
Important Characters:
Gods: Zeus, Hera, Athena, Apollo, Aphrodite
Minor players: Poseidon, Ares
Achaeans: Achilles, Agamemnon, Diomedes, Odysseus, Menelaus, Nestor, Giant Ajax, Patroclus
Trojans: Hector, Paris, Priam, Helen
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