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Flashcards by Zoe Emmett, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Zoe Emmett
about 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| How does book 22 begin? | Achilles is chasing Apollo who is disguised as Agenor (see book 21) - he mocks Achilles |
| Who asks Hector not to fight? | PRIAM AND HECABE |
| What simile is used for Hector's refusal to not fight? | A mountain snake that would not retreat. |
| How does Achilles first show his superiority? | Chases Hector - three times circling Ilium |
| Give examples of the similes used to describe Achilles fighting Hector? | A= MOUNTAIN SNAKE, H = MAN; A=HAWK, H=DOVE; BOTH=HORSES RACING, A=DOG, H=FAWN |
| How does Zeus react to the scenes of the chase? | He considers saving Hector's life for his devotion to the Gods - stopped by Athene. Then passes judgement of death by use of the scales. |
| State three ways in which Athene helps Achilles | (1) ENCOURAGES HIM, (2) DISGUISED AS DEIPHOBUS CONVINCES HECTOR TO FIGHT, (3) RETURNS HIS SPEAR TO HIM. |
| What agreement does Hector try to make with Achilles? | That there will be no maltreatment of bodies |
| How does Hector die? | SPEAR THROUGH THE NECK, PROPHESYING ACHILLES’ DOOM |
| What does Hector ask of Achilles as his life was fading? | Begged Achilles to return his body to his father |
| How does Achilles react to this final request? | He says that he wished that he could summon up the will to carve and eat Hector raw himself. |
| How do Achilles and the other Greeks treat his body? | DRAGGED BY THE ANKLES IN THE DUST, OTHER GREEKS STABBED BODY |
| Who mourn for Hector? | PRIAM, HECABE, ANDROMACHE |
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