AA WORLD HISTORYANCIENT GREEKLITERATUREASSIGNMENT

From THE ILIAD by HomerTranslated by Robert Fitzgerald

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Ancient Greek and Roman TimelineAncient Greece and RomeIntroduction to The IliadBook One The Iliad

pages 106-113pages 120-122pages 124-139

ON A SEPARATE PIECEOF PAPER, answer the questions below as you read the assigned readings listedabove. Answers must be in complete sentences and written in blue or blackink to receive credit.Double space between questions, and do not use the back side of the page. You may type youranswers if you choose.

Complete one of the assignment options described at the end of the questions. Again, all writing mustbe in final draft forinat - blue or black ink, double-spaced, correct margins, on one side of the page.As always, you may type this portion of the assignment.

3. According to the passage, the Greeks of Homer's time believed The Iliad contained which of the. following:

Practical approaches for besieging a city.Guidelines for interacting with the gods.Accounts of their own heroic ancestors.Realistic examples of life in ancient Greece.

The belief they were descendants of Hellen.The belief they were a single, unified nation.The belief that religious institutions were unnecessary.The belief the neighboring peoples were equals.

21. Criticizing Agamemnon in Book One, Achilles says, "I swear a day will come when everyAchaean soldier will groan to have Achilles back." What does this foreshadow?

22. What impression do you form of Agamemnon's character from his own words and actions andthe reactions of Calchas and Achilles? Provide support for your impression from the writing.

23. What ominous or threatening images can you identify in the first fifteen lines of Book One?Give specific examples. What future events do these foreshadow?

24. Describe the individual roles of Apollo, Athena, and Thetis in Book One. Is the god/goddess analoof observer, fair intermediary, or meddling nuisance? Provide support for your answer.

25. Do you think Achilles is justified in his wrath against Agamemnon and his subsequentwithdrawal from battle? Provide support/justification for your answer.

Choose Q.!J.gof the assignment options listed below and complete as part of The 1/iadproject. Areminder: This must be done in final draft format. This means blue or black ink, double spaced, oneside of the paper, with correct margins. As always; you may type this assignment.

1. Design your own hero. The hero must have the superior qualities as well as the human qualitiesof the epic hero. Once the hero is designed, build a story around him/her. The story shouldcontain some of the same qualities found in the epic.

2. Select a passage from Book One and tell it in your own way~ If can be done as the leadparagraph of a newspaper or magazine article from the passage.

4. Keep a journal for a particular character. The events in the diary will be told from thatcharacter's point of view.

5. Write a dramatic presentation between two of the characters in Book One. Good possibilitiesmight be:

Conversation between Chryses and AgamemnonConfrontation between Agamemnon and Achilles