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Iliad Packet Mix - Myth Tradition The Iliad Handouts GLUE/TAPE THIS HANDOUT APPROPRIATELY INTO NOTEBOOK AND GLUE/TAPE THIS HANDOUT APPROPRIATELY INTO NOTEBOOK AND WRITE YOUR ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.! WRITE YOUR ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.! Iliad Book 5! Iliad Book 5! Abstract: Athena interferes on behalf of the Greeks. Abstract: Athena interferes on behalf of the Greeks. Diomedes wounds Aphrodite. Ares interferes on behalf of Diomedes wounds Aphrodite. Ares interferes on behalf of the Trojans. The gods remove themselves from the battle, the Trojans. The gods remove themselves from the battle, and leave the mortals to fight alone.! and leave the mortals to fight alone.! NOTES/QUESTIONS (Write all responses in your NOTES/QUESTIONS (Write all responses in your notebook!)! notebook!)! 1) Why does Athena grant Diomedes strength and 1) Why does Athena grant Diomedes strength and daring? How does it work in reality?! daring? How does it work in reality?! 2) What happens when Athena takes the mist from 2) What happens when Athena takes the mist from Diomedes' eyes?! Diomedes' eyes?! 3) Why does Diomedes refuse Sthenelus' suggestion to 3) Why does Diomedes refuse Sthenelus' suggestion to retreat?! retreat?! 4) What is so special about Aeneas' horses?! 4) What is so special about Aeneas' horses?! 5) Why is Diomedes unable to kill Aeneas with the 5) Why is Diomedes unable to kill Aeneas with the gigantic rock?! gigantic rock?! 6) Why is Diomedes able to continue fighting even after 6) Why is Diomedes able to continue fighting even after being hit in the shoulder by Pandarus' arrow?! being hit in the shoulder by Pandarus' arrow?! 7) Which goddess does Diomedes wound? What flows 7) Which goddess does Diomedes wound? What flows in her veins? Why does bloodlessness mean in her veins? Why does bloodlessness mean deathlessness?! deathlessness?! 8) Who is Aphrodite's mother, and what does she do for 8) Who is Aphrodite's mother, and what does she do for her daughter?! her daughter?! 9) How do Hera and Athena respond to the wounding of 9) How do Hera and Athena respond to the wounding of Aphrodite? Why are they so cruel to her?! Aphrodite? Why are they so cruel to her?! 10) What does Athena puts on before going to battle, and 10) What does Athena puts on before going to battle, and what about the costume is unique to the Olympians? what about the costume is unique to the Olympians? How does the poet describe it? What is its purpose?! How does the poet describe it? What is its purpose?! 11) Who likens herself to Stentor, and why? What does 11) Who likens herself to Stentor, and why? What does the English word 'stentorian' mean?! the English word 'stentorian' mean?! 12) Who pulls Sthenelus out of Diomedes' chariot, and 12) Who pulls Sthenelus out of Diomedes' chariot, and why? What is the result? Why would Sthenelus be the why? What is the result? Why would Sthenelus be the wrong one for this job?! wrong one for this job?! 13)When Ares comes to Zeus to complain about being 13)When Ares comes to Zeus to complain about being hurt by Diomedes, Zeus replies in a most unkind and hurt by Diomedes, Zeus replies in a most unkind and unsympathetic way. Compare this speech to unsympathetic way. Compare this speech to Agamemnon's speech in book 1 to Achilles? How do Agamemnon's speech in book 1 to Achilles? How do you account for the similarity? you account for the similarity? " ! " ! MUSEUM COLLECTION: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, MUSEUM COLLECTION: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, USA ! MASSACHUSETTS, USA ! WARE: ATTIC RED FIGURE! WARE: ATTIC RED FIGURE! SHAPE: CALYX KRATER ! SHAPE: CALYX KRATER ! PAINTER: THE TYSZKIEWICZ PAINTER ! PAINTER: THE TYSZKIEWICZ PAINTER ! DATE: CA 490 - 480 BC (PERIOD: LATE ARCHAIC)! DATE: CA 490 - 480 BC (PERIOD: LATE ARCHAIC)! SUMMARY: SIDE A: DIOMEDES BATTLES AENEAS IN A SCENE FROM SUMMARY: SIDE A: DIOMEDES BATTLES AENEAS IN A SCENE FROM HOMER'S ILIAD. AENEAS IS SHOWN FALLING BENEATH THE SPEAR OF HOMER'S ILIAD. AENEAS IS SHOWN FALLING BENEATH THE SPEAR OF DIOMEDES, WHO IS DRIVEN ON BY THE GODDESS ATHENE, ARRAYED DIOMEDES, WHO IS DRIVEN ON BY THE GODDESS ATHENE, ARRAYED WITH SPEAR, HELM AND AIGIS CLOAK. APHRODITE RUSHES ON WITH WITH SPEAR, HELM AND AIGIS CLOAK. APHRODITE RUSHES ON WITH ARMS OUTSTRETCH TO RESCUE HER SON FROM THE BATTLE. HOWEVER ARMS OUTSTRETCH TO RESCUE HER SON FROM THE BATTLE. HOWEVER SHE WILL BE WOUNDED BY DIOMEDES AND ATHENE IN THE PROCESS.! SHE WILL BE WOUNDED BY DIOMEDES AND ATHENE IN THE PROCESS.#.
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