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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. unusual birth leaves family traumatic event special weapon super-natural help 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). .