10B Homework (The Iliad, continued)

Write each answer thoughtfully and thoroughy and provide a page and line reference for each answer.

1. When Agamemnon tells Achilleus that he is going to take Briseis from him, what does Achilleus want to do to Agamemnon?

2. Who keeps Achilleus from killing Agamemnon?

3. What promise does Athene give Achilleus in exchange for sparing Agamemnon?

4. Instead of killing Agamemnon, what does Achilleus do to punish Agamemnon? What is the oath that he makes?

5. Describe Nestor. What advice does he give Agamemnon and Achilleus?

6. According to Agamemnon, why is Achilleus angry and threatening to leave?

7. What two things does Achilleus say he has no intention of doing?

8. Does Agamemnon take Chryseis back to her father? Who takes her instead?

9. Who are Eurybates and Talthybios and what does Agamemnon have them do? Do they want to do this?

10. Even though Achilleus does not want to give Briseis away, how does he treat the men who come to get her?

11. What oath does Achilleus make in front of these men?

12. Does Briseis want to leave Achilleus?

13. Who does Achilleus pray to pray to after Briseis is taken away from him?

14. What does Achilleus want his mother to do for him?

15. How had Thetis, Achilleus's mother, helped Zeus in the past?

16. Why can't Thetis go to visit Zeus immediately? What advice does she give to her son?