Assignment Details

Summary questions on the Iliad

2017-18

Classics Year 9

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

  1. Approximately when was the Iliad first created?
  2. Where was Homer from and what was unusual about him?
  3. What point in the Trojan War does the Iliad describe?
  4. According to myth, how did the Trojan War start?
  5. Who is the overall leader of the Greeks, and why?
  6. Who is his brother?
  7. Why is Achilles described as 'like to the Gods'?
  8. Why does Achilles refuse to continue the fight at the beginning of the Iliad?
  9. Which gods support The Greeks and which ones generally support the Trojans? Make a small table for your answer.
  10. What happens in the war when Achilles and the Myrmidons stop fighting with the other Greeks?
  11. What does Patroclus eventually decide to do?
  12. Who is the great hero of Troy, and why?
  13. What role does this great hero play in the Iliad?
  14. Which two characters represent wisdom and intelligence on the Greek side?
  15. Apart from Achilles, who are the greatest Greek warriors?
  16. How are these warriors described?
  17. How is the king of Troy represented, compared to the king of the Greeks?
  18. Why does Zeus become angry with Achilles, towards the end of the poem?
  19. What does the death of Hector symbolise?
  20. What key events of the legend of the Trojan War are not a part of the Iliad?