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4. The ____________ actor recently won an Emmy Award.

5. illustrious

6. I ___________ you to stop picking on my brother!

7. implore

8. They ________ gasoline because it was going into low supply.

9. stinted

10. Agamemnon _________ his army to continue to fight.

11. marshals

12. The ring on her finger is _________.

13. lustrous

14. The stray dog was _________ because he hadn’t eaten.

15. gaunt

16. The mother ________ her child because he was in shock from the bad news.

17. brandished

18. The hunter ___________ his knife before going in for the kill.

19. whetted

20. My father was ______ when he saw my math grade.

21. incensed

22. He was _______ in his attempt to flirt with the girl.

23. brazen

24. He was the King of Troy and father of Hector.

25. Priam

26. She is Achilles’ mother; she appeals to Zeus when her son quarrel with Agamemnon

27. Thetis

28. She is the wife of Hector; their son is killed by the Greek army at the end of the Iliad

29. Andromache

30. This Greek prophet asks for Achilles’ protection before revealing the reason behind the plague.

31. Calchas

32. She was married to Menalaus, but kidnapped by Paris, which began the Trojan War.

33. Helen

34. The greatest of the Greek soldiers; had divine protection when his mother dipped him in the River Styx.

35. Achilles

36. He is killed by Achilles and his body is dragged around Troy.

37. Hector

38. She disguises herself as Deiophobus, Hector’s brother.

39. Athena

40. He has a battle of words with Achilles over the return of Chryseis.

41. Agamemnon

42. He is considered the author of the Iliad.

43. Homer

44. What does in medias res mean?

45. In the middle

46. Epic poets begin their poems with an invocation to whom?

47. muse

48. What physical handicap did Homer have?

49. blindness

50. In Greek drama, tragedies primarily dealt with what topic?

51. Epic hero

52. What is the name of the period when Homer’s epic poems were finally written down?

53. Dark Ages
( BC)

54. What year of the Trojan War does the Iliad begin?

55. 10th year

56. At the beginning of the story, Homer tells us that the theme is what?

57. rage

58. What does Agamemnon say his reason is for wanting to keep Chryseis?

59. He likes her more than his own wife.

60. Why doesn’t Achilles want to give Agamemnon another prize to replace his?

61. There is nothing left to give to him
There is nothing left to give to him. They have already plundered everything.

62. Agamemnon usually gets better prizes from battles. Why is this?

63. He steals other men’s prizes.

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65. In book 22, the Trojans are safe inside the walls of Troy, but Hector is outside of the city gates. Why?

66. He is awaiting his fate, which is to fight Achilles.