World Literature Unit 3 - Classic LIterature

Homer (c. 750 B.C.)

author of the Iliad and the Odessy

Hector

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

Apollo

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

Achilles 

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

Athena

godess of wisdom master of war; favors Achiles

thmes of the Iliad - The Death of Hector

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

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.”