Iliad Book I 1. Who were the sons of Atreus? 2. Who asked Apollo to curse the Greeks and why? 3. Did the Achaeans know why Apollo plagued them at first? 4. What had to be done to stop the plague? 5. Why did Agamemnon refuse? 6. What are Myrmidons? 7. What did Agamemnon take and from whom to replace Chryseis? 8. Who stopped Achilles from killing Agamemnon? 9. Which Achaean leader claimed to know Theseus? Extra: Find Pylos on a map and read the story of Theseus and the Minotaur. 10. What did Agamemnon do instead of giving back Chryseis? 11. To whom did Achilles turn for help when he lost Briseis? Extra: Read the story of the marriage of Peleus and Thetis and the story of Achilles’ birth. 12. Why did Achilles think she could persuade Zeus? 13. What did Achilles want? 14. Where was Zeus? Extra: Find modern Ethiopia on a map. 15. What three actions did the Achaeans take at the temple to appease Apollo? 1. 2. 3. 16. How did Zeus indicate he would do as Thetis asked? 17. Who tried to change Zeus’ mind? 18. How did Hephaestus become injured? Iliad Book II 1. The evil or false dream was sent to Agamemnon by _______________. Extra: Keep a list of the gods/goddesses on each side of the war. 2. The dream came to Agamemnon as who? 3. Agamemnon’s staff had been made by whom? And how was it acquired? 4. When the Achaean troops assemble Agamemnon tells them that Zeus wanted them to do what? 5. Were the troops disappointed by this announcement? 6. Who is sent to stop them? Appearing to whom? Was this successful? 7. Who was the ugliest man to come to Troy? 8. Who made fun of Agamemnon? 9. How was he rebuked? 10. What omen was seen in Aulis prior to the Achaean departure for Troy? Extra: Read about augury in the ancient world. 11. Who suggested that the Achaeans be sorted by town and clan? 12. What did Agamemnon want the men to do before readying for battle? 13. Whom did Agamemnon invoke to help him with the list of ships? Extra: Find the names of these deities and the specialties. 14. How many ships came with Menelaus? 15. Where was Achilles during this roster call? 16. Who had the best horses? 17. Where had the Trojans gathered to hear the message of Iris? 18. Where did the Trojans and their allies assemble their troops? 19. Who were Aeneas’ parents? 20. What was unusual about Amphimachus? Iliad Book III 1. Which Trojan offered to settle the conflict in single combat? 2. Which Greek accepted? 3. How did Paris feel about this? 4. How did Hector feel about Paris’ reaction? Extra: Keep track of all of Priam’s sons mentioned in this book. 5. What did the armies do during the single combat? 6. What was Helen doing when Iris found her? 7. Did Priam blame Helen for the war? 8. Which Greek did Antenor say had previously visited Troy on an embassy? 9. Who were Helen’s brothers and what were their skills? 10. After the sacrifice, what was distributed among the captains of both armies? Extra: Read about ancient sacrifices 11. Who accompanied Priam back to Troy? 12. What epithet is used to describe Helen? 13. Whose cuirass or breastplate did Paris use? 14. What did Menelaus throw into the Achaeans? 15. What happened to Paris? 16. About what did Helen and Aphrodite argue? 17. Who was Helen’s father? Extra: Find out about Helen’s mother and the story of Helen’s birth. 18. Were the Trojans and their allies anxious to hide Paris from Menelaus? 19. Who declared Menelaus the winner and demanded the return of Helen? Iliad Book IV 1. What outrageous proposal did Zeus make at the meeting of the gods? 2. Who objected to this proposal? 3. What compromise was made? 4. How did the gods cause the battle to begin again? 5. From what was Pandarus’ bow made? 6. Who protected Menelaus? 7. What color hair did Menelaus have? 8. Who was the Greek’s physician? Who was his father? Grandfather? 9. Who led the Cretan troops? Extra: Find Crete on a map 10. Which city-state was famous for its battle-cry? 11. Whom did Agamemnon admonish to take the lead in battle as they do in the dinner line? 12. Who, in the past, had made an attack against Thebes? Extra: Read the plays Antigone by Sophocles or Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus 13. Homer compares the Greek army to what unstoppable force? 14. To what does he compare the Trojans? Extra: Keep a list of all the alternate names for the Greek Trojan people. 15. Who were with Ares and Athena while stirring up the two armies? 16. Which Greek was the first to kill? Whom did he kill? 17. Simoisius is compared to what? 18. Where was Achilles? Iliad Book V 1. Athena made Diomedes’ armor shine like __________________________ 2. Who saved Idaeus from being killed by Diomedes and why? Extra: Keep a list of the named soldiers on each side of the war. 3. Where did Athena and Ares watch the battle? 4. Whom did Artemis teach to hunt? Did this give him an advantage? 5. What power did Athena give Diomedes? 6. What advice did she give him? 7. Aeneas encouraged whom to shoot Diomedes to stop his killing rampage? 8. How did the Trojans get such great horses? Extra: Read the story of Zeus and Ganymede 9. How was Aeneas wounded? 10. How was Aphrodite wounded? 11. Who saved Aeneas? 12. Who recounted the injuries done to the gods by humans to Aphrodite? 13. What did Apollo do to protect Aeneas after being attacked four times by Diomedes? 14. Who was Tlepolemus? 15. Describe Hera’s chariot 16. Describe Athena’s battle dress. 17. Who are the guardians of the gates of heaven? 18. Name the two rivers near Troy Extra: As you read, draw a map of Troy and the battle sites 19. Why did Diomedes attack Ares when he had been warned not to attack the gods? Iliad Book VI 1. What was Nestor’s advice to the Greeks? 2. Who encouraged Aeneas and Hector to rally the Trojans? 3. What else did he tell Hector to do? 4. What were the three tasks Bellerophon had to perform? 1. 2. 3. Extra: Read the myth of Bellerophon and the Chimaera 5. With whom did Diomedes exchange armor? Extra: Find Lycia on a map 6. How many apartments were there in Priam’s palace for his sons? His daughters? 7. Who had the Trojans made priestess of Athena? 8. Where did Hector find Paris? 9. Where was Andromache when Hector came home? 10. What had happened to Andromache’s family? 11. How did Astyanax greet his father? 12. Did Andromache go back home to spin and weave as Hector instructed? Extra: Find ancient artwork depicting mourning rituals Iliad Book VII 1. Who proposed to stop the battle for the day? How? 2. What shape did Apollo and Athena take to watch this fight? 3. Who was determined to fight Hector when no Greek volunteered? 4. After Nestor’s reproach, how many men volunteered to fight Hector? 5. How did they decide who would fight? 6. Where was Achilles? 7. After Ajax and Hector had used their spears, what did they use as weapons? 8. How did the fight end? 9. What was the topic of discussion in the Greek camp? 10. What did Antenor suggest at the Trojan palace? . 11. What was Paris’ offer? 12. What was Priam’s advice? 13. What was the Greek response? 14. Why was Poseidon upset with the Greeks? 15. What did Zeus tell Poseidon to do? 16. To whom did both Greeks and Trojans offer a libation? Extra: What is a libation? Iliad Book VIII 1. Name three things Zeus threatened to do to disobedient gods/goddesses 1. 2. 3. 2. Where did Zeus go to look out over the battle? 3. After Zeus balanced the fates of the two armies, which was condemned to a tragic day? 4. Why didn’t Diomedes want to leave the battlefield after being cut off by Zeus? 5. Who had always made sure Hector’s horses were well tended? 6. Where was Agamemnon when he made his speech to the Greeks? 7. How did the Greeks know Zeus had spared them? Extra: Read about augury 8. Which Greek took a new initiative in the battle with the protection of Ajax? 9. How many different charioteers did Hector have during this battle? 10. Why did Athena think that Zeus should let her become part of the battle? Extra: Read Heracles’ Twelve Labors 11. Whom did Zeus send to stop Hera and Athena? 12. Zeus tells Hera and Athena that Hector can only be stopped by whom? 13. Who is repeatedly described as “white-armed” and “ox-eyed?” Extra: Define epithet and keep a list the characters and their epithets. 14. How does Hector propose making sure the Greeks don’t leave during the night? Iliad Book IX 1. What did Agamemnon encourage the Greeks to do? Extra: Keep a list of each army’s allied kingdoms or city-states. 2. Which two Greek leaders disagreed with Agamemnon? 3. According to Nestor, what must Agamemnon do to win back Zeus’ favor? 4. What does Agamemnon offer as a dowry if Achilles should marry one of his daughters? 5. How many men were sent to speak with Achilles? 6.