Iliad Characters & Terms

This word refers to the plunder won in war: armor, weapons, and even women.

• hubris

• metis

• menis

• timē

"God-like Achilles" is an example of 

• an epic simile
• a heroic epithet
• nostos
• kleos

This goddess was chosen by Paris as the most beautiful, setting into motion the events that lead to the Trojan War.

• Aphrodite
• Thetis
• Athena
• Metis

This Spartan king lost his wife to Paris, and helps to spearhead the expedition to get her back.

• Agamemnon
• Achilles
• Odysseus
• Menelaus

This man angered Apollo by stealing a priest's daughter

• Agamemnon
• Achilles
• Odysseus
• Menelaus

Achilles' best friend, this warrior shows hubris by putting on his friend's armor and terrorizing the Trojans before dying at the hands of Hector.

• Patroclus
• Zeus
• Odysseus
• Priam

Which mortal man, known for his cunning, is Athena's favorite?

• Patroclus

• Hector

• Achilles

• Odysseus

Kleos is best defined as 

• cunning, deceitfulness
• rage, fury
• arrogance, too much pride
• reputation, fame, honor

Who is the mother of Achilles?

• Helen
• Thetis
• Aphrodite
• Athena

The King of Mycenae, this leader of the Greek forces angers his best warrior, Achilles.

• Menelaus
• Agamemnon
• Zeus
• Odysseus