Reviewer in English 1st MT

Homer’s Illiad

An epic of war and Honor

Honor, Pride, Wrath

Three themes of Illiad

Homer

He is an ancient Greek poet

Homer

Composed the Illiad and the Odyssey

Illiad

Story about the war between Achaeans and Trojans

Achaeans

the Greeks are also known as blank

Trojans

People from Turkey

Odyssey

Focuses on Odysseus and his journey back home

Apple of discord, Battle between the Achaeans and Trojans, The Wooden Horse

Thetis

Sea nymph

Peleus

mortal husband of Thetis

ERIS

Goddess of Discord

Golden Apple

Given to the fairest

HERA

Queen of the Olympian goddesses

ATHENA

Goddess of wisdom

APHRODITE

Goddess of love and beauty

ZEUS

King of all gods

PARIS

Prince of Troy; most handsome youth

HERMES

Messenger of the Gods

KING MENELAUS

husband of Helen; king of Sparta

HELEN

most beautiful woman

AGAMEMNON

Brother of Menelaus; King of Mecenae

ACHILLES

Greatest warrior

AJAX

Man of great stature and colossal frame

DIOMEDES

King of Argos

NESTOR

King of Pylas

ODYSSEUS

man behind the Trojan Horse strategy

PATROCLUS

Achilles’ close confidant

9

How many years was Troy’s walks unconquered?

CHRYSE

a town allied with Troy

CHRYSEIS

Agamemnon’s prize

BRISEIS

Achilles’ prize

APOLLO

God of light and music

APOLLO

Sent a plague upon the Greek army

CHRYSES

Apollo’s priest

CALCHAS

divine messenger

HECTOR

Brother of Paris; killed Patroclus

HEPHAESTUS

God of Fire and Blacksmiths

Achilles

Who killed Hector?

PRIAM

King of Troy

9

How many soldiers were hidden inside the Trojan horse?

LAOCOON

Prince of Neptune

LAOCOON

He warned the Trojans that the wooden horse could be a war machine.

SINON

He convinced the Trojans that if the horse were harmed in any way, the goddess would destroy Troy.