Quote Analysis
A. Homer
B. The opening lines of the book, which introduce the central aspect of the story.
C. Homer is asking for the muses to help him tell the story of Achilles’ rage and the damage it has caused.
D. This passage sets up one of the main conflicts in the story and displays what the story was about in a concise manner. What this passage tells us is that the epic was not meant to be about the Trojan War, that was just the setting. What the story was really about was Achilles, his rage, and Zeus’ grand plans for Achilles. This passage gives us both the basis and the consequences of his rage; the basis being the “clash” with Agamemnon, and the consequences being the death of numerous great fighters.
A. Nestor
B. Nestor is ridiculing …show more content…
This passage demonstrates how much emphasis the Achaeans put on glory and battle. Everyone in the Achaean army, including Nestor, knew that only Achilles could beat Hector, yet it was their duty to try anyway. Not jumping at a challenge like this would have been seen as cowardice. Nestor’s response to such cowardice indicates that cowardice was seen as incredibly shameful and not something people took lightly.
A. Zeus
B. Zeus is thinking to himself after Patroclus’ death, asking himself why he gave immortal horses to a mortal master.
C. Zeus is thinking to himself that out of every living thing on Earth, men are the most anguished.
D. In this passage we see the way the human condition is viewed by Homeric gods. Humans in The Iliad were merely playthings for the gods. Their death and their victories were entirely determined by the immortals above them. The gods could just as easily kill them as they could save them from all harm. What made humans so much more agonized than the rest of the living beings that the gods play with is their consciousness. They were aware that they were not in control of their fate. We saw this throughout the book; Achilles went into battle despite him knowing his fate; Hector reassured his wife that only fate could kill him and nothing got in the way of fate.
A. King Priam of
A. Homer
B. The opening lines of the book, which introduce the central aspect of the story.
C. Homer is asking for the muses to help him tell the story of Achilles’ rage and the damage it has caused.
D. This passage sets up one of the main conflicts in the story and displays what the story was about in a concise manner. What this passage tells us is that the epic was not meant to be about the Trojan War, that was just the setting. What the story was really about was Achilles, his rage, and Zeus’ grand plans for Achilles. This passage gives us both the basis and the consequences of his rage; the basis being the “clash” with Agamemnon, and the consequences being the death of numerous great fighters.
A. Nestor
B. Nestor is ridiculing …show more content…
This passage demonstrates how much emphasis the Achaeans put on glory and battle. Everyone in the Achaean army, including Nestor, knew that only Achilles could beat Hector, yet it was their duty to try anyway. Not jumping at a challenge like this would have been seen as cowardice. Nestor’s response to such cowardice indicates that cowardice was seen as incredibly shameful and not something people took lightly.
A. Zeus
B. Zeus is thinking to himself after Patroclus’ death, asking himself why he gave immortal horses to a mortal master.
C. Zeus is thinking to himself that out of every living thing on Earth, men are the most anguished.
D. In this passage we see the way the human condition is viewed by Homeric gods. Humans in The Iliad were merely playthings for the gods. Their death and their victories were entirely determined by the immortals above them. The gods could just as easily kill them as they could save them from all harm. What made humans so much more agonized than the rest of the living beings that the gods play with is their consciousness. They were aware that they were not in control of their fate. We saw this throughout the book; Achilles went into battle despite him knowing his fate; Hector reassured his wife that only fate could kill him and nothing got in the way of fate.
A. King Priam of