Trojan War and Iliad
Valeree Shayne C. Aranas IV-2 SHS
A. Author’s Background * Homer is most frequently said to be born in the Ionian region of Asia Minor, at Smyrna, or on the island of Chios, dying on the Cycladic island of Ios. A connection with Smyrna seems to be alluded to in a legend that his original name wasMelesigenes ("born of Meles", a river which flowed by that city), with his mother the nymph Kretheis. Internal evidence from the poems gives evidence of familiarity with the topography and place-names of this area of Asia Minor, for example, Homer refers to meadow birds at the mouth of the Caystros(Iliad 2.459–63), a storm in the Icarian sea (Iliad 2.144–6), and mentions that women in Maeonia and Caria stain ivory with scarlet (Iliad 4.142).
Valeree Shayne C. Aranas IV-2 SHS
C. Comprehension Questions
1. Book I
a. What character portrayal is presented by the personages in Book I. * they act as external forces upon the course of events, as when Apollo sends the plague upon the Achaean army and they represent internal forces acting on individuals, as when Athena, the goddess of wisdom, prevents Achilles from abandoning all reason and persuades him to cut Agamemnon with words and insults rather than his sword
2. Book VI
a. What misfortune did Andromache suffer from Achilles? * Andromache 's father and brothers were killed by Achilleswhen he captured Thebe during the Trojan War
b. Why is Andromache called “Hector’s precious wife? * She is precious to Hector because he loves her. She is the mother of his son who is still just a baby. She is not like the other women who are hiding in their houses or praying at the temple.
c. Mention three things that would make a woman precious * The love of the man to the woman * The respect that man have to the
A. Author’s Background * Homer is most frequently said to be born in the Ionian region of Asia Minor, at Smyrna, or on the island of Chios, dying on the Cycladic island of Ios. A connection with Smyrna seems to be alluded to in a legend that his original name wasMelesigenes ("born of Meles", a river which flowed by that city), with his mother the nymph Kretheis. Internal evidence from the poems gives evidence of familiarity with the topography and place-names of this area of Asia Minor, for example, Homer refers to meadow birds at the mouth of the Caystros(Iliad 2.459–63), a storm in the Icarian sea (Iliad 2.144–6), and mentions that women in Maeonia and Caria stain ivory with scarlet (Iliad 4.142).
Valeree Shayne C. Aranas IV-2 SHS
C. Comprehension Questions
1. Book I
a. What character portrayal is presented by the personages in Book I. * they act as external forces upon the course of events, as when Apollo sends the plague upon the Achaean army and they represent internal forces acting on individuals, as when Athena, the goddess of wisdom, prevents Achilles from abandoning all reason and persuades him to cut Agamemnon with words and insults rather than his sword
2. Book VI
a. What misfortune did Andromache suffer from Achilles? * Andromache 's father and brothers were killed by Achilleswhen he captured Thebe during the Trojan War
b. Why is Andromache called “Hector’s precious wife? * She is precious to Hector because he loves her. She is the mother of his son who is still just a baby. She is not like the other women who are hiding in their houses or praying at the temple.
c. Mention three things that would make a woman precious * The love of the man to the woman * The respect that man have to the