The Iliad Study Guide – Flashcards
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Achilles
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Leader of the Myrmidons; great Greek warrior
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Agamemnon
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King of Mycenae; older brother to Menelaus
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Chryses
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Priest of Apollo; asked Agamemnon for his daughter back
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Chrysies
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Daughter of Chryses
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Calchas
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Wisest of augers
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Briseis
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Achilles prize
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Nestor
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Leader of the Pylians; wisest and oldest of the Greek chieftains
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Patroclus
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Older friend and squire of Achilles
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Myrmidons
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Followers of Achilles from Phthia
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Dawn
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goddess of day break
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Eurybates
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Ithican; faithful servant of Odysseus
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Thersites
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Ugliest of Greeks; an endless talker
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Scamander
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The chief river god; flows through the plain before Troy
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Iris
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Messenger of gods
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Oceanus
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Earth encircling river God
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Talthybius
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Herald and friend of Agamemnon
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Antenor
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Elderly counselor to Priam and the Trojans
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Laodice
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Fairest of Priam's daughters
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Castor & Pollox
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Twin brothers of Helen; Castor is a horse trainer & Pollox is a boxer
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Idaeus
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Trojan herald of Priam
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Hebe
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Cupbearer of gods
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Pandarus
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Son of Lycaon; famous Trojan archer (shot Menelaus)
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Sthenelus
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Friend of Diomed; co-ruler of Argos
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Eurypylus
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King of Thessaly; important Greek warrior
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Boreas
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god of cold north wind
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Paeeon
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Healer of gods and men
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Glaucus
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Grandson of Bellephron; friends with Diomed because of family history
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Diomed
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Ruler of Argos; brave and honorable man
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Hector
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Son of Priam; brave and honorable man
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Ajax the Greater
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Son of Telemon; famous Greek warrior
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Athene
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goddess of wisdom; Greek side
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Apollo
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god of archery; Trojan side; twin brother to Aphrodite
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Ajax the lesser
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Swift Greek runner
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Zeus
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King of the gods; neutral
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Hera
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Wife of Zeus; Greek side
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Teucer
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Brother of Ajax the greater; archer who hides behind Ajax's shield while shooting enemies
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Phoenix
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Surrogate father to Achilles; cursed to have no children
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Odysseus
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King of Ithica; Greek warrior
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Odius
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Herald and embassy to Achilles
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Dolon
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Spy for the Trojans
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Eumedes
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Father of Eumides
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Rhesus
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King of Thracians
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Hippocoon
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Noble and counsellor to the Thracians
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Polydamas
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Trojan advisor to Hector
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Sepreones
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Illegitimate son of Priam; half brother and charioteer to Hector
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Sarpedon
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Grandson to Zeus
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Tenedos
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Small northeastern Aegean island sacred to Apollo
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Argos
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Important city near Mycenae in the Argolid; under rule of Diomed
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Icarian sea
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Part of the Aegean Sea around the island Icaria
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Aulis
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Coastal town in eastern Boeotia; where Greeks met before sailing to Troy
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Lycia
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Region in southern anatoliea
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Scaen Gates
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Main gates of Troy from which non-combatants can observe the battle
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Pergamus
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Tallest point in the city; citadel of Troy
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Mt. Olympus
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Home of the gods
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Hellespont
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Narrow strait that divides the Troad and Anatolia from Thrace
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Salamis
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Small island kingdom of Telamon a few miles from Athens
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Lemnos
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Aegean island west of Troy; volcanic forge of Hephaestus
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Tartarus
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Lowest abyss under the earth; place of punishment
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Gargarus
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Topmost peak of Mt. Ida
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Helice & Aegae
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Two Achaean cities where Poseidon was revered
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Lesbos
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Large island south of Troy
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Demeter
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goddess of grain; mother of Persephone
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Rhea
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Titan wife to Cronus (Saturn); mother of gods
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Sleep
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Brother of Death and son of night
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Graces
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Three sisters; goddesses of beauty and creativity
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Styx
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One of the main rivers that flows through Hades by which the gods swore their most solemn oaths
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Themis
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goddess of divine law and order
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Erinyes
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The furies; goddess of vengeance
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Menoetius
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Father of Patroclus
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Peleus
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Father of Achilles; Myrmidon leader
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Xanthus and Balius
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Immortal horses of Achilles
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Charis
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One of the Graces; wife of Hephaestus
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Eurynome
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Daughter of Oceanus; mother of Graces by Zeus
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Daedalus
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Built the Labrinth
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Folly
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Oldest daughter to Zeus; walks on heads of men for ill
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Hyperion
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The sun god; Titan
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Zephyrus
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The west wind; father of Xanthus and Balius by harpy
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Strife
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another name for Discord
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What are the heavenly bodies on the new sheild of achilles?
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Huge O'rian, Ursa, pleadease
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Andromachy was worried about Astyanax's .....
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Future, because he had no father
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Paris should have died at the hands of Menelaus but did not because...
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Aphrodite saved him
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Who killed Pandarus?
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Diomedes
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In book two the list that is commonly found in antient literature is called the ...
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Catelogue
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Hector did not fear his own death but feared ....
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His son's and wifes future
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Andromache was __________ when she heard the woman wailing for Hector's death?
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Weaving
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Who's aid did homer invoke at the beginning of the Iliad ?
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The muses
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Who wins the duel between Menelaus and Paris?
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Menelaus was winning when aphrodite took Paris away
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Who told Achilles of Patroclus death?
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Antilochus
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What was Achilles doing when the embassy came to him ?
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Playing the lyre
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Who helped hector break through the Greek wall?
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The gods
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Helen, Andromache, and Hecuba make a speech at who's funereal?
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Hector's
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Who hosted the funeral games?
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Achilles
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When Odysseus was wounded who replied to his call for help?
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Patroclus
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Who told the Greeks why the gods were angry at them?
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Chalchas
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Why was Achilles not able to come to the aid of fallen Patroclus?
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Because he had no armour
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The main theme of the Iliad is .....
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Glory somtimes in the form of armour
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What rule did Zeus give the other gods?
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They had to stop interferring in the war or he will throw them in the deps of tartarus
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Chalchas wanted the protection of Achilles in return for?
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The reason the gods were angry
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What did Athena do at the request of Zeus to give strength to Achilles?
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Ambrosia on his body
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We are reading who's translation of the Illiad?
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Samuel Butler
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Hector broke the wall by throwing a stone and what into the wall?
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Himself
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Diomede's god supporters were?
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Athene and Hera
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What sign did Zeus send to the Greeks?
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An eagle
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What did Andromache do when hector returned to the battle?
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She lamented for him though he were alive
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According to iris what is hector going to do to the body of Patroclus?
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Cutting of his head and puting it on a stake and feeding his body to the dogs
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What three gods did Diomed attack ?
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Apollo, Aphrodite, and Ares
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Achilles won't bathe untill he cuts his hair in morning for...
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Patroclus
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Why did Agamemnon show no pity for the 2 sons of antimachus?
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They were preventing the return of helen
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What happened in the battle between Diomed and Glaucus?
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In the "battle" between Diomed and Glaucus they both started sharng their lineages, and discoverded their ansestors were freinds so they also became freinds. They then exchanged armour( Glaucus's armour being more valuable) .
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What two requests did Achilles make to for Zeus in his prayer ?
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Courage and safty to Patroclus
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Why did the Greek wall fail to protect them?
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Because they did not offer hecatombs to the gods
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Why did Priam take a servant and go alone to the Greek camp
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To get hectors body
