The truth about mobile phone and wireless radiation dr devra davis duration. The iliad is a classic and the reason it is so is because it is so applicable to all of us. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position. The story focuses on the siege of troy during the final year of a tenyear battle between the greeks and the trojans. She found her beloved son groaning aloud, his arms round patroclus body, while his men stood by, weeping bitterly. The first three books of the iliad introduce us to the plot, some of the main characters. The shining goddess came and took his hand, saying. This contains a book by book summary and analysis of. Information on the first book of the iliad of homer. Aias and other achaian champions slay various trojans. The sequences in book 6 increased the stakes for hektor and allowed him to. Youve finished iliad book 2 here is your quiz find out how you did. The quiz will test you on key characters and their actions, including the name.
As the achaeans drive the trojans back toward their gates, menelaus catches a trojan charioteer. Check the text carefully, then try those questions again. Iliad frontispiece of homers the iliad, translated by john ogilby, 1660. Now that the gods have left the battlefield, the bloodshed continues between the trojans and the achaeans. Achilles, in his anger, asks the goddess thetis for joves help in chastising the greeks by aiding the trojans. What makes them distinctive is that they come from achilleus. The iliad book 6 presentation character description and quotes. The trojan begs to be ransomed, and menelaus is moved to grant the request. Jupiter, awaking, sees the trojans repulsed from the trenches, hector in a swoon, and neptune at the head of the greeks. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. The gods continue to take part in the battle in book vi. Do you think that this attitude is consistent with his character elsewhere in the iliad. So the greeks and trojans were left to their grim conflict, and the battle, in a hail of bronzetipped spears, surged this way and that over the plain, between simois and the streams of xanthus telamonian ajax, bulwark of the achaeans, was the first to shatter a trojan company and give his comrades hope, felling the best of the thracian warriors, acamas. The iliad has been divided into the following sections.
Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Hector and andromache at the scaean gates book 6, no embassy to. Agamemnons dream and the rallying of the men after they try to return to the ships, and the great catalogue of the greek kings, heroes, and ships that have come to troy. Select the correct answer to each of the following questions by clicking on the appropriate button. In the tenth year of the trojan war, tensions are running high among the achaians a superancient name for the ancient greeks. Experiencing hektor character in the iliad bloomsbury collections. Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in the iliad, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. Rodents do spread plague, so the association between a divine mouse function and delivering plague makes sense, even if the greeks werent completely aware of the connection. The end of book vi is the famous scene between hector and andromache and their infant son, astyanax. To repay the indignity chryses has suffered, apollo, the mouse god, rains arrows of plague on the greek forces for 9 days.
Fast by his side the generous spartan glows with great revenge, and feeds his inward woes. Most commentators consider this scene to be the most moving in the iliad. A cast of thousands readings tuesday night classsept. The questions you missed will be displayed below your score. The greeks believed that the iliad and the odyssey were composed by a. We havent yet talked about these in class, but once you know what they are, theyre easy to spotand theyre all over the place. Compare his remarks here with those of hektor in book 6, lines 488489, quoted in the section on fate and free will. The artistry of the homeric simile dartmouth college.
The questions on this worksheet and quiz will test you on the events and characters in book 6 of homers the iliad. The catalogue is a significant break in the action of the epic, serving as a list of all the characters involved in the rest of the. For a modern literary treatment of death as the great leveler, read w. The achaeans, including great ajax and diomedes, kill several trojans. That work is now in the public domain and has been edited to fit into a newspaper serial format. Iliad quizzes about important details and events in every section of the book. Book 6 the episodes of glaucus and diomed and of hector and. The iliad books 112 760710 bc the most concise summary of.
Helenos urges aeneas and hektor to rally the trojans, and hektor to then go to troy and. Book i 47k book ii 63k book iii 36k book iv 42k book v 66k book vi 42k book vii 38k book viii 44k book ix 53k book x 45k. Take our free the iliad quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Homer calls upon the goddess of poetry and inspiration the muse to sing of achilleus anger. As dawn, in saffron robes, rose from the stream of ocean, bringing light to gods and men, thetis reached the ships bearing hephaestus gift. Find a summary of this and each chapter of the iliad. Zeus, who has kept tight control of the action for the last few books, now takes his eye off the ball.
A numerical test as the sole criterion is inadequate because the mere. By now, an audience will have seen all of the iliads typescenes, and their ability to. In the same breath, shining hector reached down for his sonbut the boy recoiled, cringing against his nurses full breast, screaming out at the sight of his. Daitzs recorded performance of iliad lines 152 takes 6. But agamemnon wants all ilium blotted outno one will be spared. It takes the trojan war as its subject, though the greek warrior achilles is its primary focus. Polypoetes, and antilochus join in the fray while menelaus attacks the trojan adrestus. The greeks believed that the iliad and the odyssey were composed by a single poet whom.
Iliad questions and answers the question and answer sections of our study guides are a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss literature. In the eighteenth book of homers iliad hephaistos makes a new shield for achilles. Adrestus begs to be given mercy and menelaus considers. Hector returns to the city for a brief time in book 6 of homers the iliad. Who sent the plague to the aeceans in iliad book 1 and why. Check your score by clicking on the calculate your score button at the bottom of the page. Quiz by anita thomer, updated more than 1 year ago 603 0 0 description. I will test the men with a challenge, tell them all to crowd the. Chryses, priest of apollo, comes to the greek camp to ransom his daughter, chryseis, held captive by agamemnon. As you can see, the head military leader of the greeks, agamemnon, is made to return a prisoner due to achilless wiles. The battle continues between the achaeans and the trojans. Iliad, epic poem in 24 books traditionally attributed to the ancient greek poet homer. This is a challenging quiz to test your knowledge about homers iliad and odyssey, a lot of obscure names and facts good luck.
The iliad books 112 great books of the western world. He worries that hector will bring him back to the battlefield with him. As you read through book 6 of the iliad and, for tuesdays class, book 9, be on the lookout for what are called epic similes. Hannah alsobrook and tino quiocho the iliad book vi animal imagery animal imagery. One example of animal imagery, is the description of the chimaira on page 86 this creature came of divine stock, with nothing of man lion in front, serpent behind, shegoat in the middle. It is a portrait of the warrior at home, war forgotten as he watches his son play and talks with his wife. The battle continues with ajax telamon killing trojans along side the rampaging diomedes. First, the priest chryses comes to ask their leader, king agamemnon, to release his daughter, whom agamemnon was holding captive.