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Summary questions on the Iliad
2017-18
Date Due
Dec. 4, 2017
Additional Info
Writing the title 'Iliad - Summary' in the next available page in your exercise books, please write out each question below, skip a line and then write out each answer as neatly as possible. Skip a line between each answer. Use the column for question numbers. These answers will serve as your revision for your final Classical Studies assessment this term.
The Iliad - Summary
- Approximately when was the Iliad first created?
- Where was Homer from and what was unusual about him?
- What point in the Trojan War does the Iliad describe?
- According to myth, how did the Trojan War start?
- Who is the overall leader of the Greeks, and why?
- Who is his brother?
- Why is Achilles described as 'like to the Gods'?
- Why does Achilles refuse to continue the fight at the beginning of the Iliad?
- Which gods support The Greeks and which ones generally support the Trojans? Make a small table for your answer.
- What happens in the war when Achilles and the Myrmidons stop fighting with the other Greeks?
- What does Patroclus eventually decide to do?
- Who is the great hero of Troy, and why?
- What role does this great hero play in the Iliad?
- Which two characters represent wisdom and intelligence on the Greek side?
- Apart from Achilles, who are the greatest Greek warriors?
- How are these warriors described?
- How is the king of Troy represented, compared to the king of the Greeks?
- Why does Zeus become angry with Achilles, towards the end of the poem?
- What does the death of Hector symbolise?
- What key events of the legend of the Trojan War are not a part of the Iliad?