The Iliad
Focus Questions

Book I

1. What do the first six lines tell us about Achilles? The first six lines tell us that Achilles might be a military general or some one who can lead Greeks into battle, It states that Achilles is full of rage also that he is murderous, and doomed. I would think this meant that he would be going to "hell" for all the bad and murder that he has done. It says that he has killed a lot of people "hurling down to the House of Death so many sturdy souls"(stanza 1, line 3). This also means that he is strong and a great fighter because he has killed so many men but the men that he killed were sturdy so he must be strong and skilled to be able to bring down many sturdy men.

2. What does the priest, Chryses, ask for? What happens when his request is rejected? Chryses asks Agamemnon for his daughter Chryseis back that he had kidnapped. Agamemnon rejects his request for his daughter and tells Chryses that Chryseis will spend the rest of her......

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Title: Iliad
Approximate Word Count: 1753
Approximate Pages: 8 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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