World Literature Unit 3 - Classic LIterature

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English

Literature

A-Level English Language and Literature

Greek Literature

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Homer (c. 750 B.C.)

author of the Iliad and the Odessy

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Hector

prince of Troy and son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba; Troys greatest warrior

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Apollo

son of Zeus; god of medecine, music, the sun; supports Hector

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Achilles 

demigod famous for the Trojan war; Known as son of Peleus; Achae’s greatest warrior 

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Athena

godess of wisdom master of war; favors Achiles

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thmes of the Iliad - The Death of Hector

the glory of war; honor vs shame; vengance; the favor of the gods;

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Lines to know from “The Death of Hector” 

“Surely it would be better for me to return having fought Achilles and slain him, or to die gloriously here before the city.”