Iliad, Book 22

Imagery is the descriptive language that writers use to re-create sensory experiences. In “Book 22: The Death of Hector,” what emotions does the image in the following lines convey?

“…he waited Achilles, coming on, gigantic in power,

As a snake in the hills, guarding his hole, awaits a man-

Bloated with poison, deadly hatred seething inside him,

Glances flashing fire as he coils round his lair…”

• hatred and fury

• anxiousness

• confusion

• scared and weak

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Going back to the above quote in the previous question, what literary device is evident?

• simile

• epic simile

• metaphor

• epic metaphor

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Using the following epic simile, determine what is suggested about the character of Achilles’ from Book 22.

“…Achilles went for him, fast, sure of his speed

As the wild mountain hawk, the quickest thing on wings,

Launching smoothly, swooping down on a cringing dove

And the dove flits out from under, the hawk screaming

Over the quarry, plunging over and over, his fury

Driving him down to beak and tear his kill-“

• Achilles is relentless in his fury and determination

• Achilles is unsure of his fury and determination

• Achilles is not relentless in his fury and determination

• Achilles is not unsure of his fury and determination

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In the battle between Achilles and Hector, the gods are on Hector’s side.

a. True

b. False

Explain your choice by giving SPECIFIC evidence from the story to support your answer.

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After Achilles drags Hector’s lifeless body, the gods show mercy on Hector.

a. True

b. False

Explain your choice by giving SPECIFIC evidence from the story to support your answer.

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List two examples of epithet in the following excerpt.

“For nine days the god’s arrows rained on the camp. On the tenth the troops were called to Assembly by order of Achilles – a measure that the white-armed goddess Hera prompted him to take, in her concern for the Danaans whose destruction she was witnessing. When all had assembled and the gathering was complete, the great runner Achilles rose to address them…”

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a reference to another work of literature

• archetype

• allusion

• epithet

• oral tradition

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information passed down through the generations by word of mouth

• invocation

• archetype

• oral tradition

• in media res

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when the audience/reader knows something a character doesn’t

• epic hero

• dramatic irony

• allusion

• epithet

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Latin for in the middle; starting in the middle of the action

• in media res

• invocation

• allusion

• archetype

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