• Oct192009
    Priam's Ransom

    POSTED AT 03:22 PM

    Chapter 23 ends with the Greeks finally laying Patroclus to rest with a pyre and games celebrating his life.  Hector's body, however remains unburied.
     
    1.) What does Achilles continue to do with Hector's body?  (288)
     
     
    2.) Why does Juno and other gods love Achilles more than Hector?  (289)
     
     
    3.) What do the gods expect Priam to do for Hector's body?  (289)
     
     
    4.) How does Priam feel about his other sons?  (292, 293)
     
     
    5.) How is Priam able to get to Achilles's tent unnoticed?  (294, 295)
     
     
    extra credit:  What is the climax of The Iliad? 
     
     
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    Oct152009
    pp. 271 - 273 questions

    POSTED AT 03:19 PM

    1.) Why does Patroclus's spirit charge Achilles of not loving him in death as he did in life?
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    Oct142009
    Chapter 22 questions

    POSTED AT 01:55 PM

    Achilles is now in action.  After driving the Trojans back to the castle walls, and after fighting a supernatural river, Achilles is now calling out for Hector to face him one on one. 
     
    1.) Achilles is so furious, he doesn't realize who he's fighting at the beginning at the chapter.  Who is it?
     
     
    2.) What is Hector's dilemma on pg. 262?
     
     
    3.) How is Hector tricked into fighting Achilles head on instead of trying to aviod him and run around the city?(265)
     
     
    4.) What does Achillles refuse to give Hector in case of his death in battle?  (265)
     
     
    5.) How is Hector "Hosed" by the gods and met with his death?  (266)
     
     
    6.) How does Achilles dishonor Hector's body?  (268)
     
     
    7.) How does Hector's wife respond to Hector's death?  (269)
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    Oct122009
    chapter 19 questions

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    Achilles has backed the Trojans and allowed at least a brief moment to discuss further battle plans.  Achilles and Aggamemnon are about to reconcile their conflict. 
     
    1.) When offered the gifts again from Aggamemnon, how does Achilles respond? (232)
     
     
    2.) What does Achilles wish to do right away?  (232)
     
     
    3.) Why does Ulysses not favor this action?  (233)
     
     
    4.) Why does Briseis mourn for Patroclus's death?  (235)
     
     
    5.) How do the gods help to sustain Achilles?  (236)
     
     
     
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    Oct082009
    chapter 18 questions

    POSTED AT 03:35 PM

    Hector has killed Patroclus and taken Achilles' armor for himself.  Jove disapproves of this and promises to bring glory to Achilles.  The fight for Patroclus's body ends with the Greeks being able to recover it.  Achilles is about to get word of his cousin's death. 
     
    1.) How does Achilles respond to hearing of Patroclus's death?  Who comes to comfort him?
     
     
    2.) What is the turning point I alluded to found in this chapter?
     
     
    3.) What does Polydamus advice Hector to do now that Achilles is aroused? 
     
     
    4.) How does Hector respond?
     
     
    5.) Thetus asks Vulcan to create a new shield for Achilles.  Describe it for me.
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    Oct072009
    chapter 16 questions.

    POSTED AT 02:42 PM

    Jove awakes to find the mischief caused by Juno.  He commands Neptune to leave the battle, and now the battle by the ships becomes too close to call; both sides fighting fiercely. 
     
    1.) What is the plan Achilles allows Patroclus to follow through with? (188)
     
     
    2.) What is the one RULE that Patroclus must not break while fighting? (188, 189)
     
     
    3.) How is Patroclus as a warrior?
     
     
    4.) How is Patroclus killed?
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    Oct062009
    chapter 12 / 14 reading (Please see homework page for specifics)

    POSTED AT 02:59 PM

    While Patroclus returns to Achilles, the battle continues to rage / The Trojans are about (at the end of chapter 12) to obliterate the last wall of defense the Greeks have, despite Neptune's encouragement.  The ships are about to be under direct fire with little hope of escape.
     
    1.) What sign / omen is seen by the Trojans?  What does Polydamus believe it means? (139)
     
     
    2.) What is Hector's response to the omen? (140)
     
     
    3.) What is Agamemnon's plan of action for the Greek army?  How does Ulysses respond?  (163)
     
     
    4.) Describe in detail Juno's plan to trick Jove?  Does it work? (165, 166)
     
     
    5.) How are the Greeks now able to fight off the Trojans?  Who helps them? (168)
     
     
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    Oct052009
    chapter 11 questions.

    POSTED AT 05:09 PM

    The battle resumes the next day with the Greeks continually being pushed back. 
     
    1.) What message must Iris give to Hector regarding how he should fight?  (123)
     
     
    2.) How is Aggamemnon injured?  (125)
     
     
    3.) How is Diomed injured?  (127)  How is Ulysses injured?  (128)
     
     
    4.) For what reason does Achilles want to know who was injured in the battlefield?  (131)
     
     
    5.) What message does Patroclus receive from Nestor?  (134)
     
     
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    Oct012009
    Chapter 10 questions.

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    With the Trojans camped for the night surrounding the Greek army and ships, and Achilles unwilling to fight, the Greeks send Diomed and Ulysses out to spy and discover the plans of Hector and the Trojans. 
     
    1.) According to Nestor, what will give Hector the most trouble in gaining a Trojan victory?  (111)
     
     
    2.) What does Nestor desire spies to find out about the Trojan army?  (112)
     
     
    3.) What does Hector desire a spy to find out about the Greeks?  Who goes to spy?  (114)
     
     
    4.) How do Diomed and Ulysses capture the Trojan spy?  (115)
     
     
    5.) What lie does Ulysses tell Dolan to gain his confidence so that he'll share all the Trojan information?  (116)
     
     
    6.) What do Ulyssess and Diomed do to the company of Thracian soldiers?  (117)
     
     
    7.) What most Ulysses and Diomed do once they return to the Greek camp?  (119)
     
     
     
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    Sep302009
    pp. 85 - 86(first 2 paragraphs) and chapter 9 questions.

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    During chapters 7 and 8, the Trojans have pushed the Greeks back to the Ocean shore and are about to rout them completely had not night fallen upon the land.  The Greeks are now realizing their need for Achilles.
     
     
     
    1.) What does Jove forbid the gods from doing from now on?  How does he contradict himself with Minerva at the top of page 86?
     
     
    2.) What gifts do Aggamemnon offer to give Achilles to reconcile their feud?
     
     
    3.) Who does Ulysses bring up in conversation in hopes of persuading Achilles to fight?
     
     
    4.) On page 102, what is Achilles' arguments against the war with Troy?
     
     
    5.) Why does Phoenix treat Achilles like a son?  (104)
     
     
    6.) What is Achilles' final decision?  How does Diomed respond to this by the end of the chapter?
     
     
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