Download The Iliad Study Guide The Prologue to The Iliad pp. 124

The Iliad Study Guide The Prologue to The Iliad pp. 124-­127 The Birth of Paris 1. Why did Priam and Hecuba give up Paris? 2. Who raised Paris? 3. How was he reunited with his parents? The Judgment of Paris 1. How did Eris, goddess of Discord, cause a problem among the goddesses at wedding of Thetis and Peleus? 2. Which three goddesses tried to bribe Paris and what were their bribes? 3. Which goddess did Paris award the prize to and what was the reaction of the other goddesses? The Marriage of Helen 1. Who was Helen’s father? 2. Who proposed the solution to all of the suitors to Helen? 3. What was the solution? 4. Who married Helen and what was the reward for the man who proposed the solution? Preparation for War: Odysseus and Achilles 1. How did Menelaus and Agamemnon raise an army? 2. Why didn’t Odysseus initially join the army? What did Odysseus do to try to avoid joining the army? 3. Why wasn’t Achilles immortal? What prevented Achilles from being immortal? 4. How did Thetis attempt to keep Achilles from going to war? 5. How did Odysseus trick Achilles into revealing who he was? Departure for Troy 1. Why couldn’t the Greeks sail to Troy? 2. How did Agamemnon appease Artemis? The Iliad pp. 124-­153 Chapter 1 1. How has Agamemnon dishonored Apollo? 2. How does Apollo punish the Greeks? 3. Agamemnon agrees to fulfill the demands of Apollo to end the Greeks’ punishment only if what occurs? 4. Why didn’t Achilles fight Agamemnon? 5. How does Nestor attempt to mediate the disagreement between Achilles and Agamemnon? 6. How does this argument end? Chapter 2 1. What request does Achilles make of his mother? 2. How does Zeus cause Agamemnon to prepare to attack Troy? 3. What warnings does Iris give to the Trojans? 4. How does Paris behave before and after seeing Menelaus on the battlefield? 5. What is the outcome of this battle? 6. How, why, and by whom is Menelaus injured instead of killed? Chapter 3 1. When Hector returns to his home, what does he tell his mother? His brother Paris? 2. What does Andromeda tell Hector and what does he tell her? 3. Who is Astyanax? Chapter 4 1. Who are the Myrmidons? 2. What does Agamemnon tell to the Greeks when he called the chieftains together? 3. What is Odysseus’ response to Agamemnon? 4. What is Nestor’s response to Agamemnon? 5. What three men are sent to Achilles and what gifts are they to offer him in Agamemnon’s name? 6. What is Achilles’ response to these offerings? 7. How does Phoenix respond to Achilles’ statements? 8. What do the Greek leaders realize about Achilles coming to battle? Chapter 5 1. What requests does Nestor make of Patroclus? 2. Why and how successful does Achilles’ want Patroclus to be in the battle against the Trojans? 3. How many times and by whom is Patroclus repulsed from the walls of Troy? 4. Why does Hector return to battle? 5. How is Apollo involved in the death of Patroclus and who ultimate kills Patroclus? 6. What did Hector take from Patroclus? Chapter 6 1. Why does Achilles decide to enter the battle? 2. Achilles’ mother Thetis asks Achilles to wait until a certain time before he goes into battle. Why? 3. What advice does Polydamas give to Hector? Does Hector follow this advice? Why or why not? 4. How is the disagreement between Achilles and Agamemnon ended? 5. Describe the battle between Hector and Achilles. Chapter 7 1. Why does Apollo leave Hector? 2. How does Athena trick Hector? 3. Describe this battle between Achilles and Hector. 4. What does Achilles take from Hector? 5. How does Achilles dishonor Hector’s body? Chapter 8. 1. Who appears to Achilles and for what purpose? 2. How does Priam get to and return from Achilles’ hut? 3. Why does Achilles return Hector’s body to the Trojans? 4. How is Hector buried? Epilogue to The Iliad pp. 154-­155 The Death of Achilles 1. How does Achilles die, what happens to his body, and why is he immortal? 2. What happens to Odysseus? 3. What happens to Ajax? The Death of Paris 1. Who is Philoctetes? 2. How does he get to Troy? 3. How is he able to kill Paris? The Defeat of Troy 1. How is Helen involved in the fall of Troy? 2. Why did the Trojans take the horse into the city? 3. How did the Greeks, who were hiding on a nearby island, get into Troy? 4. What happens to Deiphobus and Helen? To Cassandra? To Hecuba? To Andromache? To Astyanax?