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Iliad Characters & Terms

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name

Class

Date

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

10.

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

Menelaus

Agamemnon

Zeus

Odysseus

11.

A lengthy, complex poetic comparison, unfolding over several lines.

nostos

timē

heroic epithet

epic simile

12.

Who of the following is NOT a Greek?

Priam

Menelaus

Agamemnon

Patroclus

13.

What is the Greek term for "cunning, deceitfulness"?

Thetis

Metis

Hubris

Nostos

14.

Who is the king of Troy?

Agamemnon

Menelaus

Priam

Hector

15.

A warrior shows this on the battlefield when he fights with excellence

arete

metis

aporia

epithet

16.

Which two heroes have a duel that involves boulder throwing but handshakes in the end?

Agamemnon & Achilles

Priam & Odysseus

Hector & Ajax

Patroclus & Paris

17.

Quis est pulcherrima femina et regina Spartae?

Hecuba

Briseis

Aphrodite

Helen

18.

How long ago was the Iliad written?

about 750 years ago

about 2775 years agon

about 11, 804 years ago

15 years ago

19.

What is the first word of the Iliad?

The

Doomed

Agamemon

Rage

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Iliad Characters & Terms

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 8mins

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